[elcid1970]

It was noted in the early 1980’s that Russians were beginning to blame their problems on certain despised ethnic minorities within the USSR. Any hatred for the U.S.A. was an acquired taste, and paled in comparison.

In today’s Russia, international communism is being gradually replaced by “National Bolshevism” (as in national socialism). Now, the black hammer and sickle inside a white circle on a red banner is seen as often as the traditional red flag.

[instantgratification]

I lived in the USSR in the early 1980's. I never noted this in the press, or among the populace.

There was resentment of "subsidizing" Eastern Europe and even worse, the "lazy Cubans".