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> The Russian law was also passed democratically Russia is not a democracy regardless of how far your stretch its definition. Hardly anything democratic happen
by maximinus_thrax 2y ago
> The Russian law was also passed democratically
Russia is not a democracy regardless of how far your stretch its definition. Hardly anything democratic happens in Russia. One can argue democracy wasn't ever really a thing in Russia. I have my issues with the UK government, but comparing the Russian legislature with the UK one is laughable.
- rainworld 2y ago[flagged]
- maximinus_thrax 2y agoNo. Another difference is that you can't really figure out if Putin is popular or not, because dissent is punished with prison time.
- goodSteveramos 2y agoIve seen plenty of unpopular and corrupt oligarchs that were targeted by Putin but are there any well-known names of some ordinary people imprisoned for political speech in Russia?
- maximinus_thrax 2y agoJudging by your comment history, I doubt it's worth engaging further because you're not arguing in good faith. There's a compiled category of russian dissidents on wikipedia if you're genuinely interested.