How to Fix Russia for Europe - The Problem with Democracy - Russia is a democratic nation, at least was and would be. Let's remember that. The problem with Russia is not Russia but the Russian leader Putin instead and how he come to be what he is today. To understand Russian leader is to understand susceptibility of weak democracy to dictatorship and how this mindset can come out of democracy. Some call this mindset dictatorial. And what Europe can do and should do about this? Weak Democracy can turn into a Dictatorship Going as far as Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler was an elected leader, he turned democratic leader into a Dictatorship that threatened Europe and North Africa. Coming to present days Chavez in Venezuela, Saddam Hussein in Iraq all was elected leader, coming from democratic countries. Even Donald Trump could have been a dictator if USA did not have a strong democracy. Once a dictatorship comes into a weak democracy it never goes away, like in North Kore...