Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani labarin da Andrei P. Tsygankov ya rubuta a kan editocin a cikin "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", da kuma "The Wall Street Journal" da suka shafi siyasar cikin gida ta Rasha daga 2008 zuwa 2014 sun gano cewa editocin sun ɗauki ra'ayi mara kyau game da gwamnatin Rasha, bisa la'akari da irin waɗannan batutuwa kamar "zabe, adawa da 'yancin' yan tsiraru, tsarin shari'a, kare haƙƙin mallaka, 'yancin kafofin watsa labarai, ci gaban kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da ƙungiyoyin farar hula, kare 'yan ƙasa daga aikata laifuka da ta'addanci, hanyoyin canja wurin iko, halayen Putin da Medvedev, da alaƙa da ƙasashen yamma. " Tsygankov ya yi iƙirarin cewa editocin sun kasa nunawa yadda ya kamata "tsakanin tsaka tsaki da kyawawan yanayi da kuma irin waɗanda ke jaddada ci gaban da kasar ta samu ko kuma matsalolin da aka fuskanta a ci gabanta". Akasin haka, James Nixey na Shirin Rasha da Eurasia a Chatham House ya yi jayayya cewa rahoto mai gaskiya ba ya buƙatar daidaito tsakanin ayyukan Rasha da na Yammacin Turai, kuma cewa mummunan ɗaukar hoto game da Rasha yana da fahimta saboda halayyarta a Crimea, Georgia
, da Siriya, da kuma mummunan rikodin 'yancin ɗan adam. Piers Robinson ya yi jayayya cewa kafofin watsa labarai na Rasha da na Yammacin Turai suna da son zuciya, suna rubuta "kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun, duk inda aka kafa su, an yarda da su sosai a matsayin masu girmamawa ga ikon siyasa da tattalin arziki kuma wannan yana nufin, a matsayin masu amfani da labarai".