Yes, I agree with your descriptions with one caveat. Being on mobile I took extreme shortcuts, so thank you for the more detailed explanation. Also, re the q

Yes, I agree with your descriptions with one caveat. Being on mobile I took extreme shortcuts, so thank you for the more detailed explanation. Also, re the question of a child post, Russia was politically its historically freest in the 1990s during the Yeltsin years, and even early Putin years, until he started murdering journalists. My caveat is that the people support him only because any free media is marginalised, and most self censor in any case. Many know exactly what he is, but have given up on there being any meaningful change. Because Russia had mostly had terrible dictators and repression.