And an organization called Freedom House judges some countries not to be free.
Russia is not a free country.
Nor is Cuba nor North Korea.
Damascus Syria has a park honoring the North Korean regime.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/syria-names-park-capital-korea-founder-150831194857490.html
I hear ya, yet some think putin has built a nation worth emulating.