Putin says he wishes the Soviet Union had not collapsed. Many Russians agree.

A day after unveiling dramatic new weapons -- including a nuclear-powered cruise missile -- that sparked talk of a return to Cold War tensions, Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested that he'd reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he could. Putin's comments on the 1991 collapse of the USSR -- which bound Russia and many of its neighbors, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/03/03/putin-says-he-wishes-he-could-change-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union-many-russians-agree/