而且，普京本人也在抑制俄罗斯的民主进程。 他亲手挑选自己的继任者，授意法院和选举委员会阻挠对手参与政治（通常是给对方泼上叛国者的污水 ） 。
Moreover, Putin himself is in the business of sterilizing Russia’s democratic processes by handpicking his successor and having his courts and electoral commissions block his opponents from political participation, often tarring them as traitors.