Russian democracy is far from perfect, and it could still come to grief.

But that's our Russian democracy - who shouts the most gets the job.

But the better question may be whether Russian democracy is simply on an altogether different track.

And the coming months and years will be crucial for Russian democracy.

The conference has agreed on many principles of the new Russian democracy.

"Russian democracy is young and too dependent on the recent totalitarian past," the appeal said.

"The party of war has scored a big victory and Russian democracy could suffer serious damage."

Protecting the Russian democracy is worth more than the telescope itself.

Once again we can see that the foundations of Russian democracy are very weak.

He also made special mention of the press, saying that "without a really free mass media, Russian democracy simply will not survive."