ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Neo-Sovietism

Okay, so imagine you and your friends are playing a game and you make a rule that says you will be the leader forever and everyone else has to do what you say. That's sort of like what happened a long time ago in a big country called the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union was led by a group of people called the Communist Party, and they had a lot of strict rules and controlled everything in the country. But then, around the 1990s, the Soviet Union fell apart and some of the countries that were part of it became their own countries.

Now, fast forward to today. Some people in those countries still remember what it was like when the Soviet Union was in charge and they kind of wish things were the same again. They call this feeling Neo-Sovietism.

These people want the government to have more control over things and for everyone to be more equal. They may also want to bring back some of the symbols and traditions of the old Soviet Union.

But not everyone likes the idea of neo-Sovietism. Some people think it's better to have more freedom and fewer rules. They worry that if the government has too much power, the people won't be happy.

So, basically, neo-Sovietism is when some people in countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union want things to be more like they were back then, with more rules and control from the government.