There’re different reasons you can yearn for something tho. What you seek in yearning for it. A stable job for example (and an educational path that guarantees employability). Universally accessible housing. Targeted addressing of local problems, like quick relief efforts after a disaster etc...

As for freedom of the press, you only have one now if you colour within the lines. Just ask Julian Assange.

You have to remember the Soviet parliament was democratically elected by the people and popular after the dissolution too. It had to be literally firebombed out of existence by a U.S puppet.