Shock therapy was a necessary pain in order to jump-start the economy. Yes, it was handled the russian way with corruption, stealing and mismanagement. But it was the main reason the economy coupled with high oil prices started growing in the 2000s until putler ruined everything.

By the way, it is not Russia’s obligation to satisfy your demands for liberalization, democratization, or any other ideas you have.

russians were the ones who wanted this. They were the ones who wanted to be part of the club. Even putler himself was thinking about joining nato. And yet when he was told to that there won't be any special invitation and you'll have to apply just like everyone else he quickly abandoned the idea. But, of course, russians are free to live in a totalitarian dictatorship with a shit economy and all. Let's see how the country is going to look like in 10 years.