> Maybe not present it at prime time on TV, in a way that tells the audience that Russian/Soviet imperialism was a great thing, was sorely needed, and today's actions are a continuation of these great deeds, right before the "news" segment with its usual "these westerners are out to get our poor "Russki Mir"?

Could you share an example of "today's actions are a continuation of these great deeds"? I do see USSR and even empire times nostalgy, but it is just a nostalgy, nothing else.

> They present bad things(imperialism) as good things. Today.

I don't see that happening. Since you state that this is a part of the state propaganda these ideas must be pretty widespread, but I cannot confirm that.

> It's like asking what's wrong with slavery or serfdom in the 19th century.

AFAIK in 19th century British empire dominated the world. So what? I don't quite get your idea of labeling 19th century imperialism bad. They could do better? Probably. It is meaninless to discuss this from a 21th century man's perspective.

> in a way that tells the audience that Russian/Soviet imperialism was a great thing

I would disagree. Soviet "imperialism" was always backwards, everybody was tooking advantage of it, except russians themselves.