Russia: why people want to go back to the USSR | Nostalgia for the Union and Putin's politics

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Russia is the last republic of the USSR that I haven’t yet told you about in my series. It was among those who founded the Soviet Union and among those who dissolved it. But 30 years after the collapse of the empire, many Russians still dream of going back.
Nostalgia for the Union in Russia has practically become a state ideology. Many people forget about the shortages, about the lack of freedom of speech and trade, but they remember cheap sausages and free flats.
Today we will talk about why Russia cannot get out of the Soviet Union veil.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 How the Russian anthem evolved
00:01:46 Do Russians want to return to the Soviet Union?
00:05:15 Nostalgia for the USSR: "Nashi", threats from NATO, Stalin's rehabilitation
00:07:25 Why are Russians nostalgic for the USSR?
00:09:18 "Do you want to return to the USSR?"
00:13:25 Myths about the USSR: free flats, education, medicine and resorts
00:20:52 Why was the USSR better than Russia, according to the communists
00:26:16 Planned economy: state planning, monopoly, deficit, meat index
00:30:08 Where is the life of an ordinary person better?
00:31:55 Human rights and freedom of speech in the USSR and in Russia
00:35:55 ​​Was there justice in the USSR?
00:37:32 Does modern Russia have similarities with the USSR?
00:45:54 Is it illegal to be a supporter of the USSR?
00:48:19 Was there socialism in the USSR?
00:50:16 "Our country has been turned into a gas station"
00:51:57 Russians want an empire, not the USSR
00:54:45 What's left of the "Russian World"?
00:57:16 Is it possible to return to the Soviet Union?
01:03:26 Russia's special path