So I don't think calling the current Russian or the current Chinese governmetn "fascist" is terribly useful. They have some of these elements, but not all of them.
Brad DeLong
I say:
Are people in the US actually saying Russia is fascist? That would be ridiculous. Russia is a highly fragmented state run by hostile clans. Russia is in fact fascistophobic (assuming that is a word).
Chris Doss The Russia Journal