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True. But there's this kind of nostalgia for communism and what started the revanchism of the late '90s in KGB officials and Putin that stopped Russia's evolution in a free country. Kind of sad, they have now the worst of both worlds
Russia has never been a free country, tsars, communists, oligarchy.
It never was. But for a brief time, it was on the verge of becoming one. Then came Putin
In the beginning it looked promising, even talk of joining NATO
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/04/ex-nato-head-says-putin-wanted-to-join-alliance-early-on-in-his-rule
That attitude already though.. otherwise it could have been the beginning of a bright future