Y'all are stuck on Soviet this and USSR that. The man legit just spent an hour describing the Soviet era as a mistake and a betrayal to the Russian people
He does not consider the USSR the glory days. He considers the Russian Empire the glory days. I don't know why that's hard to come to terms with.
This is a re-establishment of pre-Soviet Russia. The Soviets literally gave away the places he is taking back.
He's not a communist.
He's not a USSR rose-tinted nostalgisr.
He's the anti-thesis of both.