One correction..."...the people voted freely...", past tense.
Putin just suspended elections for governors in Russia, is appointing members to the Duma along Party lines, and is looking for ways to remain in power past his term, against the Russian Constitution, and without having to be re-elected.
It's not that I'm a liar, it's that you're sadly misinformed.
Boy that sounds just like what DNC is already saying about the upcoming elections in the US and how Bush is going to steal them. You slant that by the fact that this is not an election year, last year was the last Duma election year. As I said, you were well taught on propaganda and using half truths.
And England never had them. As a matter of fact, England doesn't even have a constitution and Blair has been in power almost 10 years. We had better get really concerned with the English Communist Empire.