Yes, it would be more apt to just admit the feds consider that their playground and don't want someone else playing there. (probably the US fed people doing it

Yes, it would be more apt to just admit the feds consider that their playground and don't want someone else playing there. (probably the US fed people doing it want 'democracy' and the Russia people doing it want 'stability' but the exact ideology is unimportant since neither is really acting in accordance with that ideology so much as just stirring the pot)