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Sorry, but nothing you said is uncommon in your democratic countries
Macron used a loophole to do a very unpopular retirement pension reform bypassing congress.
Didn't know amending the constitution or re-writing it was anti-democratic. Then no democratic country would ever pass this test.
Like Ukraine did? https://apnews.com/article/europe-ukraine-arrests-business-government-and-politics-f50da684fab61add42348d276482477c
Or like Germany is doing right now?
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-crackdown-israel-gaza-jewish-activist
Learn about COINTELPRO.
Ukraine again:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/21/why-did-ukraine-suspend-11-pro-russia-parties
Can you not see what is happening right now to anti-genocide protesters? Also what about Odessa massacre?
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-odessa-trade-union-massacre-ten-years-later/
AFAIK, vote is still done in secrecy in Russia.
Like, the Iraqi, Lybia, Afghanistan and Iran wars? Or Yugoslavia?
I think you have some kind of kink with Putin, why does this have anything to do with being democratic or not?
TLDR;
That said, the points you listed are not uncommon in any democratic countries. Unless you say that no country is democratic, therefore I will agree with you. Neither Russia nor any other country in the West or in any part in the world is actually democratic.