Putin is democratically elected president, by those unwashed masses on the right. Because they buy into his populist propaganda, but not the professor on the left. Funny how you think that Putin's election is forged but when someone like our grand prime minister who is even worse than Putin in many aspects, get elected by huge majority of voters then it is functioning democracy. Just because our prime minister plays by the tunes of the west, while Putin does not. Hypocrisy at its best.
Only way for Russia to get "non Putin-like" president is for USA to place their puppet as head of Russian state. Is that the point of neo-democracy? Only difference between Erdogan and Putin is obedience. Erdogan is American lap dog which makes him deserving president of Turkish state.