I’ve noticed the Putin fanboys tend to have registered on FR in two waves: 1998-1999 and 2007-2008.
In both cases they registered around the time of a Presidential election where there wasn’t an incumbent.
I imagine we’ll see a similar wave registering this year and next and they’ll be promoting whoever the Democrat and media approved RINO candidate is.
That's when Kosovo was going on, and it stands to reason many who opposed that, would also be leery of being hawkish on Russia.