Yeah, not just Russians. Here’s a bar graph since reading is a challenge for some people.

Big mood.

By “East Europeans” you of course mean your fellow fascists. The vast majority of post Soviet citizens disagree.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/unhappy-russians-nostalgic-for-soviet-style-rule-study

http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2015/02/03/have-living-standards-in-eastern-europe-decreased-after-communism/#.V5ZJ4DVc88q

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-big-question-why-is-stalin-still-popular-in-russia-despite-the-brutality-of-his-regime-827654.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-youth-idUSL2559010520070725?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true

http://www.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/29/in-russia-nostalgia-for-soviet-union-and-positive-feelings-about-stalin/

They’ll never know the freedom and priviledge of jumping fences and sprinting across 8 lane highways to get to the airport.

Yeah, it’s basically psychological assault, making you feel inadequate, taking up precious mental bandwidth, and feeding addictions.