Putin does fight Muslim terrorists on what he currently regards as his soil, but openly aids them off his soil, especially Iran, the biggest sponsor of Islamic terror in the world.
Putin is as “capitalism-friendly” as Red China—all key industries on Russian soil are state-owned, as is the media nowadays, which means his capitalism (like Red China) is a means to an end.
Putin loves the USSR, not Russia; and as has been noted in this thread (and myriad others on FR), regards the fall of the USSR as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the last century (belittling the tragedy of WWII and elevating the Cold War) and has actively rehabilitated Djughashvili.
Like any good KGB Agent, he considers them assets. The second they are not useful, he will attempt to destroy them. You cannot deny he is anti-Islam.
Putin is as “capitalism-friendly” as Red China—all key industries on Russian soil are state-owned, as is the media nowadays, which means his capitalism (like Red China) is a means to an end.
I did mention 'government friendly'. His is more of a fascist capitalism arrangement. Now that I think of it more, I suppose I need to remove this one from the list, since Obama is the same.
Putin loves the USSR, not Russia
So? It still speaks to my point. Putin loves his country. Obama hates his.