[Freelance Warrior]

Putinism still seems to work ouy better for the Russians than Communism or Yeltsinism - maybe even better than Romanovism was for the Russians.

With all its drawbacks Putin's Russia is a functional state, and the Yeltsyn's one is chaos.

[Trumpinator]

Exactly. I mean that just goes to show you how bad Russia was in terms of freedom and wealth distribution for her people but it is clear that as bad as Putin is under western standards - I don’t think the Russians have ever been freer or more prosperous or even less fearful than they are under Putin currently.