Putin says - "People are always teaching us democracy ..."

[Bill]

"People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves."

http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSL1053774820070210

Supposedly a reaming speech, just given in Munich. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this.

[Linkster]

At least he has a better handle on what is happening in the US than most citizens:
Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master".

Attacking the concept of a "unipolar" world in which the United States was the sole superpower, he said: "What is a unipolar world? No matter how we beautify this term it means one single center of power, one single center of force and one single master."

"It has nothing in common with democracy because that is the opinion of the majority taking into account the minority opinion," he told the gathering of top security and defense officials