Well, not quite "equally": According to the Economist "Democracy Index" [0], Turkey gets a score of 4.26 out of 10 while Russia's is a much lower 2.03 (highest

Well, not quite "equally": According to the Economist "Democracy Index" [0], Turkey gets a score of 4.26 out of 10 while Russia's is a much lower 2.03 (highest is Norway at 9.81). And according to Freedom House's "Freedom in the World Score", Turkey is at 33 out of 100 compared to Russia's dismal 12 (highest here is Finland at a perfect 100). So while Turkey should be doing better, they're at least making an effort (although it's worth saying that both countries had significantly regressed on these metrics compared to a decade ago). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index [1] https://freedomhouse.org/country/scores https://freedomhouse.org/country/scores