Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2008, Murray akazivisa "imwe yekubudirira" kwe "hurongwa hwemarudzi eSoviet Union" sekusimudzira "kuvandudzwa kwetsika, mutauro uye dzidzo yeboka rega rega rerudzi, zvisinei nekuti idiki sei kana kuti rakasarudzika sei". Kutaura uku kwakashorwa nomunyori Edward Lucas mu"The Guardian" uyo akapomera Murray kusava nehanya ne"vaChechens, vaCrimean Tatars nevamwe vakaurayiwa nemitemo yaStalin yokuuraya vanhu". Munhoroondo pfupi yeCPGB, yakabudiswa muna 1995, Murray akanyora kuti: "Zvinhu zvakaitika muUSSR zvakanga zvisingaregererwi uye izvo pakupedzisira zvakakanganisa tarisiro yose yeSocialism nhasi hazvirambiki. Kana vaKomonisiti vari munyika yezvemari vaigona kana kuti vaifanira kuva vakaita zvakawanda kupfuura zvavakaita kunopokanwa zvikuru". Muna 2016, Oliver Kamm akataura mu "The Times": "Muchidimbu, VaMurray vanotenda kuti makomonisiti ekuBritain muma1930 aive akarurama mukutsigira Kutyisa Kukuru, Matare eMoscow uye nzara yeUkraine. VaMurray nenzira inofungidzirwa vanotsigira hurumende youtsinye inotyisa zvikurusa munyika yazvino uno". Murray akanga ari mutsoropodzi waDavid Miliband mubasa rake seGurukota rezvekunze, achitaura kuti chimiro chake pamusoro pe2008 Georgian dambudziko
akamuratidza so"neoconservative", ane nzira yakanga "yaita kuti zvive zvakajeka zvikuru apo iye anomira pakuparadzana kukuru mune zvematongerwe enyika yenyika nhasi. Ari nokuda kwoumambo hweU.S".