I never said that.
Russia has elections.
All real opposition is eliminated by their dictator. Exiled, imprisoned, poisoned, shot, thrown out of windows, what have you.
Surely you understand the concept of SHOW elections where the winner is always predetermined.
I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers
Hungary (good buddy of Putin) isn't yet as bad as Russia, but Trump taking power as Anne Applebaum (autocracy scholar) says means American democracy is dead for (at least) a generation.
I find it totally disgusting that any decent American would want that yet many Americans of the maga fascist variety clearly do.