Poland has that.... russia never has
Russia has had that.
Most recently, from 1991 to roughly 2002. Russia then, was probably among the freest countries in the world. It ran concurrently with the worst lawlessness and collapse in morals.
As far as censorship goes, nightly there were programs on at least three different federal channels that did nothing but poke fun in the most savage way at the alcoholic Yeltsin and his band of slimy oligarchs. We had a whole zoo of different political parties, spanning the entire spectrum - from far right, to national Bolshevism. The Church was beaten and scared, and did not have even 1/10th the influence it has today.
You could say whatever you want, and do things that you couldn't do in any Western country.
Some creative people, and some businessmen - still remember this as the best time ever in Russian modern history. However, for the other 85% of society, this period was like a bad dream due to the extreme poverty and volatility. Putin managed to consolidate power to the extent he did, largely by pointing back at the 90s and asking people - "Is that what you want to go back to?".
An earlier period of extreme freedom was starting from the coming of the provisional government and through first few years of the Bolshevik's coming into power.
As far as the arts are concerned, these two periods saw a huge explosion in the production of world class literature, painting, music, etc. The late 1910s and early 1920s being much more productive than the 1990s.
The fun times in the early part of the century were ended by the conclusion of the Civil War and the rise of Stalin. The 90s fun times were ended by the start of the Second Chechen War and the rise of Putin.
Also worth remembering, that the number one liberalizer of Congress Poland throughout the 19th century (with the exception of Napoleon), was the Russian Tsar. The szlachta fought the Tsar tooth and nail, as he pushed through land reforms that granted large plots of land to peasants (Polish peasants received the most land proportionately of any Russian territory). The idea, of course, was to weaken the Polish nobility.
All the liberal reforms that the Tsar was wary of implementing in Russia, he would first experiment with in the Baltics, Finland, and Poland. In this way, serfdom was abolished first in Estonia (1816), Livonia (1816), and Courland (1817) only.
So Poland being more free, and Russia less so - was done by design.
