And perhaps this is what Mr. Putin sees from Moscow and laughs at Europeans when they declare democracy which in turn is a republic.

 Makes u wonder whether most common folks all over this poor continent know the differences between the words actually.

And a despotism flirting in Russia with both Czar and Stalin with Putin running the show of impressions compare to those called as oligarchs by Europe but more like kiss assers with feuds all over the Russian Federation.