Shushkevich: it is important to remember the negative aspects of life in the USSR 
It is important to remember the negative aspects of life in the USSR, which are now hushed up. This is how Stanislav Shushkevich responded to the accusations of the collapse of the USSR in an interview with Lente.ru.
According to the politician, if you remember only good things, then he himself can be called a supporter of the Soviet Union. “Yes, there is something to regret and something to sigh about,” the politician emphasized.
However, he recalled that “terrible things were going on in the USSR”. “The country was built on the principles of state terror and all power structures fought with their own people. Human life cost nothing, “Shushkevich believes.
He is sure that these principles are still present in the political systems of many post-Soviet countries and called them the main legacy of the USSR today. “Many post-Soviet leaders strive for this, because they do not know how to rule in another way,” the politician said.
Earlier, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, Shushkevich called the collapse of the USSR “pulling the trigger”.
A VTsIOM poll conducted on December 6 showed that every fifth resident of Russia has positive memories of the Soviet period. Thus, 21 percent of Russians reported that they associate the USSR with such concepts as belief in a bright future, stability, tranquility and confidence in the future. 11 percent associate the USSR with their own childhood and adolescence, or with the youth of their parents. Only 1 percent of Russians associate the USSR with repressions and the GULAG, and 5 percent with deficits and queues.