Telesur - Most Russians Prefer Return of Soviet Union and Socialism: Poll

Despite Putin's popularity it seems most Russians would prefer to go back to communism. They worked six days a week but it was leisure. The goods they made, like their cars, were often shoddy, but so what, life was easy. KV

Over 50 percent of Russian citizens believe the collapse of the Soviet Union was bad and could have been avoided.

The majority of Russians polled in a 2016 study said they would prefer living under the old Soviet Union and would like to see the socialist system and the Soviet state restored.

A little more than half of respondents stated that the demise of the Soviet Union could have been prevented, while 33 percent said it was inevitable.According to the poll conducted by the Levada Center, over 50 percent of Russian citizens believe the collapse of the Soviet Union was bad and could have been avoided. Only 28 percent of the population surveyed felt positive about its collapse, while 16 percent were unable to answer such a complex question.

Fourteen percent of respondents see the restoration of the Soviet Union as quite realistic, while 44 percent consider it unfeasible. Thirty-one percent of people said they would not be happy with such a turn of events, however.

Telesur - Most Russians Prefer Return of Soviet Union and Socialism: Poll