The international organization Freedom House has called Russia a country with a “repressive environment,” which attacks civil and democratic freedoms in other countries, according to their report “Freedom in the World 2017.”
According to the report, Russia is showing hostility by interfering in the political process of the United States and other democratic countries, increasing its military support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as well as its continued occupation of Ukrainian territory. The report also notes the increase in political repression in Russia.
