Nhau dzezvematongerwo enyika Larry Diamond anoti kurwisa kwaPutin kuhurumende dzegutsaruzhinji kunoratidzwa nekupindira kwakaitwa muna 2008
nokuda kwezvizvarwa zveAbkhazia neSouth Ossetia zvinopesana neGeorgia yakazvimirira, rutsigiro rweRussia kuna Viktor Yanukovych muUkraine, uye kupindira kweRussia muUkraine nemauto asina zviratidzo muna 2014. VaPutin vakapomerwa kupa mari kumapato ekurudyi kana kuti emarudzi muEurope yose. Somuenzaniso, National Front (yava kunzi National Rally) yakawana chikwereti chemamiriyoni mapfumbamwe emadhora kubva kubhangi rokuRussia muna 2014. Larry Diamond anotaura kuti izvi zvakafurira mutemo weNational Front yakadai sekutsigirwa kwaMarine Le Pen kwekubatanidzwa kweCrimea.