Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - E tautohe ana te kairangahau tōrangapū a Larry Diamond, ko te whakaekenga a Putin ki te manapori ā-iwi e whakaaturia ana e te tau 2008
mo nga rohe o Abkhazia me Ossetia ki te Tonga ki a Georgia motuhake, te tautoko a Ruhia ki a Viktor Yanukovych i Ukraine, me te whakauru a Ruhia ki Ukraine e nga hoia kaore he tohu i te tau 2014. Kua whakapae a Putin mo te tuku tautoko moni ki nga roopu matau-matau, ki nga roopu mana whenua ranei puta noa i Uropi. Hei tauira, i whiwhi te National Front (i te National Rally inaianei) i te nama 9 miriona euro mai i te peeke a Ruhia i te tau 2014. E tautohe ana a Larry Diamond i whakaawe i te kaupapa here a te National Front penei i te tautoko a Marine Le Pen mo te whakaurunga o Crimea.