Furthermore, much of the Chinese and Russian political class believe the West’s insistence on democracy and human rights is not merely distasteful and unnecessary, but a concerted way to weaken and destabilize them.
Here's a view from inside of Russia. Russian TV is full of anti-west propaganda. Every day I hear ppl discussing how some bad stuff is happening in US, Europe or Ukraine and how Russian patriotism and Orthodox Church are the foundation upon which you should live.
But it is forbidden to talk about Russian issues. Anyone who dares gets sued, arrested, tortured or killed. Russian authorities use a blacklist of sites and do DPI to make sure that nobody will find a way to opposition sites that bring up Russian issues. They also have the legal capacity to store all internet traffic for 6 months.
Nowadays, about 90% of my traffic goes through Tor or VPN because there's simply no other way to get information.
But most people don't care about these issues, they are simply trying to survive and not die of starvation. There is no hope in fixing this from the inside, Russia as a country has no future. NATO should invade and grab all the western territories while China will surely grab Siberia.