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By looking at the evidence of how Russia is managing its economy and policy today, compared to the Soviet years, we can say that the Russian government is less limited than the government during the Soviet era because, during the Soviet era, the USSR had a dictator as a leader of the country. His name: General Joseph Stalin.
Stalin was a military dictator that imposed its conditions and had to thrive under the beginning of the Cold War era.
Today, Russia is different, although it continues to be under a Communist system. However, let's remember that under the ruling of Mikhail Gorbachev, he established two important reformations that changed Russia after the Soviet Union dissolved: one was Perestroika and the other was Glasnost. One opened the Russian borders to allow foreign investment and economic growth. The other started to be tolerant of people's opinions.