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A comment on Australia’s status as an open democracy downgraded by The CIVICUS Monitor. Parent comment

Re:Australia’s status as an open democracy downgraded by The... by Fnoord on Saturday December 07, 2019 @07:19AM (#21729884)
> Russians like a strong leader; for most Russian people, this is more important than democracy itself.

In the same way Italians preferred Berlusconi, despite the scandals (e.g. Bunga Bunga sex parties [1])?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunga_bunga#Resurgence_in_Ital...

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Re:Australia’s status as an open democracy downgraded by The... by Synaesthesia on Saturday December 07, 2019 @07:49AM (#21730004)
You have to also understand the context. Russia was ruined by Yeltsin and the free for all under him, it was a major catastrophe. So of course Putin, who brought Russia out of the abyss and back into a position of power, will be popular there.
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Re:Australia’s status as an open democracy downgraded by The... by zzzcpan on Saturday December 07, 2019 @08:22AM (#21730151)
> Russia was ruined by Yeltsin

This is just propaganda. Another way to look at it: Putin, as a head of FSB, sabotaged Yeltsin to get into power.

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