Is this Democracy?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/world ... .html?_r=1

MOSCOW — Vladimir V. Putin, who transformed post-Soviet Russia by imposing strict Kremlin control over most aspects of public life, publicly signaled that he will return to the presidency next year and could remain until 2024, giving him a rule comparable in length with that of Brezhnev or Stalin.

It's communism....something too many Americans want to embrace (i.e Made in China).