I think that Putin is more looks likes a dictator that a President.I am not sure if the people is totally free to think without to be psychologically submissive to Putin regime.
Rly? We have american, french, german newspapers and TV channels here in Russia. Let's try to ask someone who lives in USA, do they have a russian newspapers and TV channels? No. There was only RT channel and now it's closed. So where is the bigger regime, Putin's or american democracy, and where is more freedom of speech?