Can the People of Russia read this blog?

In his book The Future of Freedom, Fareed Zakaria illustrates various characteristics of illiberal democracies around the world. In doing so, he frequently utilizes Russia as an example of a "democratizing" nation with illiberal tendencies. Although Zakaria offers a plethura of examples to prove his theory of the rising correlation between democracies and illiberal ideologies, one fact in particular that occupied no more than a sentence or two out of a 264 page book struck me above all others. As of the year 2000, 57% of Russians approved of the media censorship imposed on them by Vladimir Putin. As Americans, I think we assume that everyone in the world desires the types of freedoms that we cherish so much, and it is only a matter of time before the rest of the developing world begins overthrowing despots, holding fair elections, and protecting individual rights. However, if this is the case, then how can we reconcile our beliefs with the idea that a majority of Russian citizens not only tolerate, but prefer, government ownership and censorship of the media?
The thought of desiring a paternal government to methodically determine everything I see, hear, and read is so foreign and genuinely terrifying to me that I reread the statement multiple times before I was satisfied that I was reading it correctly. Have the people of Russia been brainwashed to the point of believing such practices to be acceptable or is there a fundamental difference in their culture to account for their believing in something that would seem downright absurd to the typical American? I do not possess the answer to this question, but I think that it is fascinating nonetheless. How do you impose individual rights and freedoms on a people who do not wish to accept them? This is certainly an interesting point to ponder. Maybe some parts of the world will never be democratized, and more importantly, maybe that is not such a bad thing. If liberal autocrats work better than popularly elected presidents in some regions, than it would be an act of homicide rather than benevolence to force the country into the unwanted realm of constitutional liberal democracy.