I would say the situation is more foreshadowing of what could become of the U.S. Russia's problem is one of autocracy and oligarchy, which the U.S. seems hell b

I would say the situation is more foreshadowing of what could become of the U.S. Russia's problem is one of autocracy and oligarchy, which the U.S. seems hell bent on moving towards. Furthermore, the U.S. is not a democracy, even on paper.