Are they nostalgic for the Soviet Union, or are they really nostalgic for a more “simpler time”, like many of us who grew up here in the 60s do?
I don’t know about affection for what the Soviet Union did but there is a longing for the security and prestige of the Soviet time.
There are things stay with you about the past but it’s not a universal endorsement of all aspects of it.
I’ve heard that with the fall of the USSR, that there is rampant crime in Russia now. People and their personal security was not a concern in the old USSR.
People in Russia also are not happy about the rise of mafia style capitalism in Russia.