https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4244017
An authoritarian leader, at least in Russia, is able to establish a viable system of government that relies on checks and balances. This is something that a liberal leader under similar circumstances could not do.
Russische Senioren leben sehr bescheiden – viele können sich keine Medikamente leisten, Urlaub schon gar nicht. Private Initiativen...
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4243643
https://ru.krymr.com/a/novoe-delo-o-gosizmene-rossiya/30421048.html
https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-51402865
https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/columns/2020/02/05/822258-popravki-konstitutsiyu
OTTAWA — Oleg Sentsov is frequently asked how he survived five years in a Russian prison, and he still can’t offer an explanation. But the Ukrainian filmmaker has an unwavering message about how to get rid of the man who put him there.