“Levada”: the past year made the country’s residents depressed and caused nostalgia for the USSR
Over the past year, Russian residents have become depressed, began to feel envy and anger towards others, and have developed sympathy for the Soviet political system, writes RBC, citing an index of the state of affairs in the country compiled by the Levada Center. The index of the state of affairs in Russia is based on social research by the Levada Center on mass sentiment, assessments and trends in 2015.