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Russia's government doesn't simply think something up and then act. That was the USSR that did that.
Today Russia is a constitutional democracy. Except in real emergencies, Putin has to follow the Russian rules for deciding to do something.[...]
BA, tell me, what is required to have a democracy.
I am saying this because once again you are spreading fake.
Do you really need me to show you how to do a search? But being the nice guy that I am, I'll help you. Try
Requirements for a democracy - https://duckduckgo.com/?t=waterfox&q=Requirements+for+a+democracy&ia=web.I haven't looked at the timeline or the Russian constitution, but some time ago Putin was elected president. Then, after a time, Medvedev was elected president. Then after a little while Putin was elected president, again. Sounds like a Democracy.
If you are really that interested in the Russian Democracy, you might start by looking at the
Russian constitution - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Russian+constitution&t=waterfox&ia=web.
In the US, the government is a Democracy, and the people are a Republic that doesn't touch the Democracy except by contract law... the Contract Clause of the Constitution. The President is elected by the Electoral College. Others are elected in different ways. It's a Constitutional Democratic Republic.
The Russian Democracy isn't the same. But it is enough of a Democracy that it is a Democracy.
