 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Azar Gat anorondedzera Russia pamwe neChina semuenzaniso wakatanhamara wenyika yemazuva ano ine hutongi hwehupfumi, achirondedzera nyika seiri kuramba ichiwedzera kutonga uku ichichengetedza hupfumi hwehupfumi hwehupfumi. Aaron L. Friedberg anorerutsa kushanduka kwomuenzaniso weRussia muchirevo chinotevera: Gadziriro yeRussia yakashandukawo kubva pautongi hwechiKomonisiti kuenda kuchimiro chehurumende yezvemari ine simba yenyika iyo inoratidzika panguva ino kuva yakagadzikana. Friedberg anorondedzerawo sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1996senzvimbo apo capitalism yokudzvinyirira yakatanga kuumbwa mukati meRussia, ichiratidzira bato guru rine simba rinowedzera rinotsigirwa nevanobudisa nhau vanodzorwa nehurumende dzevanhu vashoma uye rinotungamirirwa naBoris Yeltsin uye gare gare Vladimir Putin. Kubva muna 1999 pasi paPutin, Friedberg anorondedzera hurumende yeRussia sekusimbisa simba rayo kuburikidza nekuwanazve hurumende yekudzora zviwanikwa, kuwana masimba enhau uye kudzikamisa kusabvumirana kuburikidza nematanho akadai sekudzivirira mashandiro emasangano asiri ehurumende. 