Putin has presided over the transformation of Russia from Yeltsin's incompetent, incontinent state at the mercy of oligarchs (that was still relatively democrat

Putin has presided over the transformation of Russia from Yeltsin's incompetent, incontinent state at the mercy of oligarchs (that was still relatively democratic) into a crude fake democracy wrapping a fascist system in the most literal sense - one leader, rule by force, politically controlled media and courts, brownshirts, unification of commerce and government via cronies and the assassination or frame-ups of competition, religion as a prop of the state, scapegoating of minorities, and ethnic expansionism.