This nostalgia for the past for a political leader is self-destructive, dangerous and politically stupid. For Russia to be successfull it need to develop democratic institutions. Russia should offer willing Russians/Russian Speakers who live outside of Russian Federation, an opportunity to immigrate to Russia under favorable conditions. The millions of Russian Speakers living outside of Russian Federation could become invaluable asset to Russia that is experiencing very serious demographic problems.
When Russia will start necessary reforms, unemployment rate will rise and those immigrants will have problems to get a job and place to live. We also have in Poland plan to settle Poles especially from Kazakhstan but because of above mentioned problems only few of them decided to go back.