The Russian democracy deficit

The liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera comments on the increasing democracy deficit in Russia, after human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot at a press conference in Moscow on Monday. "Crimes and racketeering are clear symptoms for the malaise of countries in which a so-called democracy deficit has reached alarming levels. The return of the will to power, aggressive business activity, nostalgia for authoritarianism, post-Soviet sympathies and a disrespect for social rights are all characteristics of this regime ruled by an ex-KGB man. ... The new president of the United States Barack Obama, who is supposed to solve all of the world's problems starting today, should give the Russia dossier top spot on his emergency agenda."

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