Members of the Russian Communist Party march to lay flowers at the Mausoleum of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin on Red Square in Moscow on Jan. 21, 2010 to mark the 86th anniversary of his death.
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Global News: Back in the U.S.S.R.? Poll suggest half of Russians lament Soviet Union’s collapse
A new poll found a majority of Russians wouldn’t mind a return to Soviet rule, more than two decades after the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
The poll by the Levada Center, a non-government research organization and pollster, found 56 per cent of Russians surveyed don’t feel the collapse of the U.S.S.R. benefitted Russia. Fifty-eight per cent said they would like to see the Soviet Union rebuilt.
But, in breaking down those numbers, most of the 58 per cent of respondents who favoured rebuilding the Soviet system didn’t actually see that a realistic option — 44 per cent said it was currently unrealistic, 14 per cent said it was real option.
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WNU Editor: This poll reminds me of some of my British friends. Many of them have a favourable view of the British Empire .... but they know that realistically the British Empire is not coming back. Ditto on the Soviet Union .... it is not coming back.