It's all part of Russia's grand scheme to gain the West's trust. To gain respectability and even likeability. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, they undermine us and our allies at every turn. Their goal over the past several decades has been to basically bring back their lost (evil) empire. Obama-Biden-Hillary helped in that effort immensely. That is why they wanted Hillary Clinton to win. To continue the devastation that Obama started.
Truly, I don’t understand how normally Deplorable Americans go gaga over Putin and his “cultural conservatism.“”
Because our own leaders aren’t standing up for traditional values and Christianity. Putin is filling a big void. As for his alleged corruption, I’m persuaded a lot of it is ginned up by Western media and politicians who hate Christianity and traditional values. If he endorsed the LBGTGT agenda, the media and our political leaders would start loving him