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Russia, Putin lead the way in exploiting democracy's lost promise

  • Written by Brian Grodsky, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin.AP/Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik

How do you give democracy a bad name?

You fail to deliver on its promise.

People fighting for democracy want individual rights and freedoms, but they also want and expect economic prosperity. So every democratic movement that doesn’t...

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