Quote Originally Posted by Gottimhimmel View Post
A lot of people here in the US look at the prime minister/president duo in Russia and see that Putin keeps his power longer than intended because he just swaps roles sometimes.
A lot of people in Russia look at the institution of presidency of the US and see how many American presidents and high-ranking officials have close relations and just swap roles sometimes.

Ronald Reagan -> Bush-father (was a vice-president under Reagan) -> Bill Clinton-hubby -> Bush-son -> Obama -> Hillary Clinton-wifey (is she next?)
Of course, I can't help but pay attention to the granddad of this mafia, Prescott Sheldon Bush, whose financial relations with Nazis are still not investigated properly.

All these facts bother a lot of Russian people. They consider that American democracy is in trouble.