Since the eighties, Russia has taken Russia has taken enormous steps towards democracy and openness but despite this, Sweden has not become more positive towards Russia.
Russia is considered "not free" by Freedom House freedomhouse.org/country/russia, and has steadily degraded in terms of democracy during the last 10 years infographics.economist.com/2017/DemocracyIndex/, .
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