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Originally Posted by Arty Are you talking about 1991? Russia introduced democracy and market reform all by itself, which led to a collapsing economy . |
Well that's just it -- they didn't introduce real democracy or free markets. They shifted to an untenable in-between position, which is more or less raw gangsterism. There are elections -- but candidates are jailed and intimidated. There are markets of a sort -- but the fundamental basis of rule of law is not there.