Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Masanin kimiyyar zamantakewar siyasa Larry Diamond ya yi jayayya cewa harin da Putin ya kai wa dimokiradiyya mai sassaucin ra'ayi ya kasance misali ne da
Tawagar da aka yi a shekarar 2008 a kan yankunan Abkhazia da Kudancin Ossetia a kan Georgia mai zaman kanta, goyon bayan Rasha ga Viktor Yanukovych a Ukraine, da kuma shiga tsakani na Rasha a Ukraine ta hanyar sojojin da ba su da wata alama a shekarar 2014. An zargi Putin da bayar da tallafin kuɗi ga jam'iyyun dama-dama ko jam'iyyun kishin ƙasa a duk faɗin Turai. Misali, National Front (yanzu Rally na Kasa) ya sami rancen Euro miliyan 9 daga bankin Rasha a cikin 2014. Larry Diamond yayi jayayya cewa wannan ya rinjayi manufofin National Front kamar tallafin Marine Le Pen don haɗawa da Crimea.