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Back in the USSR?

April 18, 2014

DW takes a look at why Russia seems to be favoring a return to its Soviet past - at least symbolically.

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Image: picture alliance/akg-images/Juergen Sorges

Back in the USSR?

In the last few weeks, the US, NATO and the Kiev government have accused the Kremlin of looking to expand its borders to Soviet levels, a charge Russia denies on the international stage. But does Russia really want to return to the USSR? As Charles Maynes reports from Moscow, reminders of Soviet life and imagery are increasingly apparent in the Russian capital.