I am sorry, friend. I apologise for taking making assumptions. Especially since that is what I so often critique others for doing! :-)

I am also STILL sorry that you are so heavily propagandised. I do not know where you live, but I assume in the US or else the UK, since those are the most heavily propagandised nations. In any case, you have my sympathies.

Putin is a nationalist. I am not sure if you know what that is, but I am sure you have heard the media in your country criticise and condemn Putin, Orban, Maduro and others for being a "nationalist" ---nationalism is, after all, something that is absolute anathema to the globalist West. And yet the Russians love him for putting Russia first. Have you read my other article about Putin? I explain why he is so popular:

https://medium.com/@euroyankeeblog/why-putin-is-a-hero-to-russians-9a76a801bd5c