They have nostalgia because they are the fortunate ones, and didn't died in gulags or nkvd prisons. it's matter of scale. And USSR built whole system to killing people, to closing them in prison, for nothing. It's not: "oh, well, but it happens everywhere sometimes...".
Want to see the difference between cognition of Russia, and other country? Check how many nazi's has been judged in germany after second war. And check how many soviets has been judged.
I don't care about war declaration! I care about the fact, that someone attacked the other one. Why is the declaration so important for You? You want to prove something or what?
You are the one who isn't listening.
You are trying to make it complicated, by sayings like "world isn't black and white" or "that isn't so obvious", "the world is changing".
But You know? Some things are simple.
Like: Russia attacked the Ukraine. The war is the result of that full scale attack.
Your "explainings" are worth nothing. You are just looking for excuses and justifications. There is no justification.
It's not "special operation".
"They have nostalgia because they are fortunate ones, and didn't died in gulags or nkvd prisons". Are you joking? Did you see it? Were you in USSR and saw it? No? So why are you talking about smtn you don't know? I'll answer this question: you're repeating bullshit (propaganda) which was washing your brains many many years. And I think, that you don't know USSR history, 'cause gulags were in Stalin's time. Actually, there was no NKVDs as well. In 1946 NKVD was transformed into KGB. Or I don't know something and USSR was broken in 1946? No? Guy, it's one of the most easy-to-find lease in your pure propaganda. And one more argument: if too much people died in prisons, how the fuck did USSR population growing up?
I know it, because I live in the place, where that knowledge isn't prohobited.
You don't even know that USSR lasted from 1922 to 1991? It was in Stalin's time, and after Stalin's time. The person that You glorify and are fan of, by the way. And it's not only gulags. There was many prisons.
In 46' it only changed name, but it's the same organization.
"If too much people died in prison"
Where in Your opinion "too much" begins? If we talk about bilions of killed people.
And why You assume that number of killed people have anything with growing population? I nowhere said that more people died than has been born.
Anyway, You don't have argument here.
So let's summarize:
You are saying that Stalin didn't rule in the USSR times?
"You don't know USSR history, cause Gulags were in Stalins time".
What? And... There was no NKVD?
You think that Stalin and NKVD existed in some fictional land far far behind seven mountains or what?
And by the way, Lenin and his revolution started inprisoning people. Stalin were continuing. After Stalin it was still continued, in lower number and intensity, but still.
We had people in these prisons, moron. You can find thousands of stories of people who went through that hell.
Really, read Sołżenicyn.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag#History_of_Gulag_population_estimates
They keep You away from this kind of info? Or everything is propaganda? Even stories of people that been there?
Go and educate Yourself about crimes of Your own country. Be aware! Stop glorifying mass murderer and author of genocide.
It's not some world conspiracy theory against Your country.