> At this point the old name is the only thing still missing.

And about 14 countries.

As is the geopolitical relevance and power.

An even superficial ideological orientation toward Marxism-Leninism is also missing.

How so? I understand you are talking about Ukrainian and Georgian wars, but even them are hardly an attempt to return to SU days.

I'm not even talking about very limited influence over other ex-USSR republics. It is there but very limited.