On the other hand Yeltsin military attack on the Parliament to facilitate the transfer of national wealth into hands of few crooks and international corporations was anti-democratic. But corporate mass media want us to believe otherwise.
America doesn't want democracy, either, which is why we don't have one. Nor need one go to Russia to find pro-authoritarians. Heck, you don't have step outside the Justice Department. And guess who they report to?
Interesting situation there in Russia. Putin has said he will not run again, if that's so, he just has a few years to build strong parties that can compete. He doesn't strike me as a man who wants to leave behind a legacy of destruction. He could go down in history as either the George Washington of Russia, or just another Rasputin.