Ok. Thanks for your interest, Dmitry.
The assumption is 'democracy' in its modern sense (as system and form of government, I was thinking it was not necessary to elaborate on that, but perhaps we could somewhere digress and suggest the criteria if necessary); let's assume that no reference to Ancient Greece and 'literal rule of people' is required, let's focus on the MODERN idea.
Let's assume that the English sentence 'Is Russia a democracy?' = the Russian sentence 'Считаете ли вы, что в России демократия?'. And let's assume this translation is valid. I've suggested the Russian translation for clarification of the English sentence.
So the question is also Считаете ли вы, что в России демократия?
I would be happy, Dmitry, if you could define Belarus as well, but for the moment let's focus on RUSSIA.