Soviet nostalgia or longing for industrial modernity? Social resentment East and West
For a long time, the prevailing view in Lithuania was that a portion of the electorate harboured nostalgia for the Soviet era, since supporters of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats viewed the Soviet occupation of the past unequivocally negatively, while supporters of the Lithuanian left were less critical, as they saw positive aspects in that period as well; consequently, these people were considered, if not pro-Russian, then at least not sufficiently critical of Moscow.