[A. Pole]

Putin didn’t must to won with help of fraud cause he brainwashed the Russians like all others their leaders. He control most of medias and practically all medias in the provinces.

How come that Yeltsin who was not able to "brainwash the Russians" and had popularity in single digits while Putin enjoys support close to 70%?

Maybe because giving away the country to the "reform minded oligarchs" (velikie vory v zakonie) was not so popular?

Beside that there is many conditions to fulfill to be a real democratic country, for example friendly foreign policy especially towards neighbors if the aren’t enemies.

Democracy has nothing to do with being friendly or unfriendly to the neighbors. Check the dictionary or encyclopedia.

Your pseudo-reasoning is following: "democracy" is a standard of goodness, to be "good" is to conduct policies you like, so Russia must be undemocratic. Do not Arafat had similar situation in Palestine like Putin in Russia? He was great democrat then?

[A. Pole]

"Do not Arafat had similar situation in Palestine like Putin in Russia? He was great democrat then?"

The passage above was pasted in by mistake.

[Lukasz]

This is ridiculous discussion, Russia isn’t democratic country AMEN! Same fact that following to your conditions Arafat was a democrat showing that you are just wrong and for sure not objective.

Yeltsyn was a “half death” alcoholic, he just cannot be popular.