In 2006, The Economist published a democracy rating, which placed Russia at 102nd among 167 countries and defined it as a "hybrid regime with a trend towards curtailment of media and other civil liberties".
在2006年，《经济学人》发表了一个关于民主国家评级的报告，俄罗斯在167个国家中名列第102，被定义为“对媒体和其他公民自由进行限制的混合政权”。