Neo-Sovietism

[1][2] Some commentators have said that current Russian President Vladimir Putin holds many neo-Soviet views, especially concerning law and order and military strategic defense.

"[8] Examples cited by Viačorka include Komsomol-style political youth organizations to obligatory university studies of the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany.

[10] Wilson noted that many authoritarian institutions from the Soviet era were preserved in Belarus, including the local branch of the State Security Committee (KGB).

[10] Like its Soviet predecessor, the Belarusian government also retained strong control over mass media and the press, and even produced similar state propaganda.

[11] He also pointed out that some of the separatist political leaders, such as Boris Litvinov, were former dedicated members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and remained sympathetic towards socialist ideology.

Belarusian Honor Guard carrying the national flags of Belarus and the Soviet Union, as well as the Soviet victory banner , in Minsk, 2019.
2021 Moscow Victory Day Parade . Military parades and Soviet military symbolism play an important role in the 9 May celebrations across Russia.