My own assessment puts North Korea as the least Democratic nation in the world and Ukraine only a few marks better off.
Hard to argue with that. The current martial law and lack of elections in Ukraine doesn't allow it high marks.
I was in Ukraine once and it was a shit hole. What do I know about their politics? Nothing? Probably. But I did see life there and I have been to nearly 100 nations around the world so ..... I know shit and poverty when I see it and I can smell corruption just by looking around.
You had to ask me that, right? Again, speaking from my experience as an unqualified traveller I would say that Russia is improving by leaps and bounds. What really impresses me is their political savvy. American politicians do little more than make provocations, raise their voices, and maybe pound their fist on the table. Their logic sucks. Childish, really childish. They cannot argue their way out of any issue. It's mostly, "Everybody knows!". Nothing to back them up. I mean, they keep saying things like, "Putin's full scale invasion of Ukraine." Give it a ******* rest! Are we so stupid that we don't know what "full scale" means? I like Trump I really, really do, and he is a marvellous improvement over just about every American president since Eisenhower ..... but he still lacks motivated logic.
Then I listen to Putin. That guy knows what he is talking about and he explains himself so well. He organises Q & A sessions frequently and if you've ever watched one you will see that they ooze with Democratic sensibility. He's methodical and (what appears to be) honest.
But I didn't answer your question: "Where do I put Russia" with regards to Democracy? I look at my own country and I see that we have lost maybe 50% of the Democracy we once could claim. I put Russia ahead of us. Yes, I do.
Are their elections fair?
I don't know for sure but I can tell you that our elections are not fair. It disgusts me how low we have sunk! Are Russia's elections more fair than ours? I think it's possible, yes.
Killing off the political opposition certainly puts them pretty low on the democracy scale.
In order to debate this point we need to separate fact from fiction. The West has lying to us so deeply that we don't even know if 9/11 was perpetrated by inside forces. THAT'S A BIG DEAL!
There are several arguments that
appear to debunk the selective questions about
“killing off the political opposition” in Russia. There’s quite a lot of logistical uncertainties that make some of the accusations improbable.
That's an understement!
