As an additional preamble, when I say that the West has no more credibility than Russia on this conflict, it does not mean that Russia has any credibility, or that I love Putin, it means that the West has no credibility whatsoever; when I mock the West's claims about human rights and democracy, it does not mean that I think Russia is a defender of human rights and democracy, just that we have no credibility either on the topic.

Difficult to argue with that, although it has been said, half the population now enjoys improved lip-service to human "rights".

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.