MOSCOW, Aug 28 Russia has become less naive, more pragmatic and systemic, now «the scenery of the 'democratic paradise' has collapsed» and no one is deceived by imaginary Western democracy, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Russian Central Election Commission, said in an interview.
“As for how the candidates have changed, I would say that they have become less naive than we used to be, more pragmatic and more systematic. But it is difficult to compare the level of responsibility – everything is very individual here. in the early 1990s, they often took at face value what the West was then selling to us — their demagogy about freedom of speech, human rights, independent media, and the desire to help Russia. , now all candidates and deputies are better armed with information, knowledge, experience that Russia has gone through, «this also leaves its mark.»
«Over the years, of course, many have seen the light, but now, when all the masks have been thrown off, and the rotten scenery of the «democratic paradise» has collapsed, only the politically blind and deaf can flatter themselves at the expense of Western «democracies,» she explained. » />July 5, 18:24InfographicWhich elections will be held on the single voting dayView