Sergey Markov: “Managed democracy is a “correction of possible mistakes of democracy”
On September 15, 2005, political scientist Sergei Markov gave a comment to the KM.Ru portal on democracy in Russia. The commentary is called "Democracy for the Kremlin team is a means, not a principle." President Putin's commitment to democracy is not questioned by S. Markov. The only question is how it will be achieved. Putin's attitude to democracy is specific, S. Markov believes, "Where the principle of democracy works, we use it; where it doesn't work, we try other methods .