Wasn't a democracy before 2014, it just had better functioning of government (due to lack of war), but far worse political participation and political culture. The latter indicates that the people had a greater belief in the legitimacy of their government after 2014.
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Political culture, a set of shared views and normative judgments held by a population regarding its political system. The building blocks of political culture include the beliefs, opinions, and emotions of the citizens toward their form of government. Learn more about the components of political...
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Why were people arguing it was a war crime though? He came to fight in Ukraine, so they tried to kill him.