Does Russia have a dictatorship

Since Russia have had regular elections since the fall of the Soviet Union one can NOT call it a Dictatorship. On the other hand there is a number of serious shortcomings which raises question about the state of Russian democracy, and still makes Russia's neighbours suspicious. Firstly, there is a lack of a free press as the main media are controlled by Putin supporters and doesn't allow competing parties to argue their case in the time running up to elections. Secondly, Russia needs to have the 'Rule of law' before it can be classified as a working democracy. President Medvedev has been speaking about these and other problems (like widespread corruption) since his election, but it remains to be seen whether any action will be taken or he is just trying to neutralise the opposition by playing 'Good cop / Bad cop' together with Putin.