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They've been taking significant steps backwards in recent years. Various groups put Russia as a 2nd or 3rd rate Democracy these days due to stiffled political freedoms and press freedoms. In the last election Putin controlled over 70% of the media coverage, that's ridiculous considered there were over 7 parties running, the next closest party got something like 10-15% coverage, no other party got above 10. Plus Putin did some pretty hardcore democratic cutbacks in regards to the Beslan massacre, I can't remember off the top of my head what it was he did though, jsut remember people across the world were up in arms.
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