Quote Originally Posted by DrBaldhead View Post
Кто не жалеет о распаде Советского Союза, у того нет сердца; кто хочет воссоздать его в прежнем виде, у того нет головы. /
Those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart; those who want to recreate it in its original form are out of their minds.

Putin

Alas, no "neo-sovietism" for us right now.
I am familiar with that quote. And having lived in the Soviet Union, I can attest that not everything about it was wrong. It was not paradise, but it was not the evil empire Reagan said it was, either. Putin's statement echoes my sentiment.