Buuxi weedha soo socota: Maqaal uu qoray Andrei P. Tsygankov oo ku saabsan tifaftirayaasha "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", iyo "The Wall Street Journal" oo la xiriira siyaasadda gudaha ee Ruushka laga soo bilaabo 2008 ilaa 2014 ayaa lagu ogaaday in tifaftirayaasha ay qaateen aragti aad u xun oo ku saabsan dowladda Ruushka, oo ku saleysan arrimo ay ka mid yihiin "doorashooyinka, mucaaradka iyo xuquuqda dadka laga tirada badan yahay, nidaamka caddaaladda, ilaalinta xuquuqda hantida, xorriyadda warbaahinta, horumarinta NGO-yada iyo bulshada rayidka ah, ilaalinta muwaadiniinta ka dhanka ah dambiyada iyo argagixisada, hababka wareejinta awoodda, dabeecadaha Putin iyo Medvedev, iyo xiriirka waddamada reer galbeedka. " Tsygankov wuxuu caddeeyay in tifaftirayaasha ay ku guuldareysteen inay si ku filan u muujiyaan "qaab dhexdhexaad ah oo togan iyo sida kuwa xooga saaraya horumarka la xiriira ee waddanka ama dhibaatooyinka ujeeddooyinka ah ee horyaala horumarkiisa". Taas bedelkeeda, James Nixey oo ka tirsan Barnaamijka Ruushka iyo Eurasia ee Chatham House ayaa ku dooday in warbixinta caddaaladda ah aysan u baahnayn u dhigma been ah oo u dhexeeya ficillada Ruushka iyo kuwa reer Galbeedka, iyo in warbixinta diidmada ah ee Ruushka ay ahayd mid la fahmi karo iyadoo la tixgelinayo habdhaqankeeda Crimea,
Georgia, iyo Syria, iyo diidmada xuquuqda aadanaha. Piers Robinson wuxuu ku doodayaa in warbaahinta Ruushka iyo warbaahinta reer Galbeedka ay u kala eexan yihiin, isagoo qoraya "warbaahinta caadiga ah, meel kasta oo ay ku saleysan tahay, waxaa si ballaaran loo aqoonsan yahay inay aad u ixtiraamayaan awoodda siyaasadeed iyo dhaqaale taas oo macnaheedu yahay, macaamiisha wararka".