The articles will stop once the bad behaviour stops. Don’t hold your breath.

but the US and the UK are doing the same thing to them

Really? What elections are the West trying to undermine?

This is pure false equivalence: it’s not like choosing between a Coke or Pepsi. If the authoritarians succeed in their aims, the future really will be “a boot stamping on a human face - forever”. If you truly believe in peace, all lovers of freedom must vigorously defend democracy now!