Post-Soviet Nostalgia
Ever since the dissolution of the Soviet Union a certain number of people have expressed a longing for the Soviet regime and its values. The level of post-Soviet nostalgia varies across the former republics. Russia as well as the Caspian Sea countries are inclined to be pro-Soviet, whereas the Baltic States have traditionally been the least nostalgic towards the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, there are certain groups of people even in the Baltic States who on their daily basis continue to blend the Soviet and post-Soviet experience.
According to July 2012 polling in Ukraine by RATING 42% of respondents supported the formation of an unified state of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus; however early 2012 this support had been 48%.
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