"Soviets follow Stalin so eagerly despite his atrocities because under the Stalinist Soviet government, people benefited from some social liberalization. Girls were given an adequate, equal education and women had equal rights in employment, improving lives for women and families."
Sostre was believed to have been producing molotovs in his basement and organizing looting and arson and similar things so they arrested him. He was eventually moved to a different prison which enabled him to contact his lawyers more and the case developed and people started polarizing over the idea of whether he was a good guy or a bad guy.