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Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Is Russia under Vladimir Putin a democracy?

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"Putkin" is a Russian joke around the name "Putin" ... and we should be careful with this word - democracy. Globalism or not, the world has all possible form and shape of governments. We even could ask "Is USA a democracy under Bush?" [ Simply comparing US situation with what we had ten years ago, never mind, 50 years ago. ]
Strange, after so many years of of post-modernism we still didn't learn how to apply it in politics.
"Democracy" understanding resembles discussion of "Pornography" ("I know when I see it"). It would be rather nice to have a debate about American Democracy in XXI befor...

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