All the while, Putin insists that his "democracy" is well and perhaps better than the American version. In reality what Russia experiences is a return to the old albeit modified version of socialist Russia of yesteryears wrought by the communists who abolished the vibrant Christian culture that existed for hundreds of years prior. The outcome? Fewer goods than bads -- the number of abortions surpassing that of births being a bad -- very, very bad. Is this what you call "progress", Mr. Putin?