If we analyze forms of authoritarianism in the world certainly we need to start from Western liberalism/globalism for its rejection of any form of dissent against the liberal-totalitarian consensus. Globalism doesn't allow in the countries it seizes real socialism or communism or real conservatism, patriotism is considered by them as some sort of terrorism. These liberals want to hand over all power and wealth to speculative funds and supranational institutions, nothing is more radical and authoritarian, then we can analyze if Russia too is somehow authoritarian by not allowing a non-systemic opposition but the crackdown of any alternative ideology that contradicts the globalist consensus in the West is more brutal, we saw it in action in Romania recently with the illegal removal of Georgescu (no evidences of wrongdoing provided), we saw it in France with the judicial persecution of Marine Le Pen, and now in Poland with the overt attacks on PiS, also the FPO was removed from power in Austria with fake accusations. https://t.me/EurasianChoice/68642?single