It should be known that Putin loves his country, Xi Jinping loves his country, Raul Castro loves his country, Ayatollah Khanemi loves his country, even Kim Jong Un loves his country (or at least what it is), but Obama does not love his country.
Since this article is about Putin, I agree, he does love his country. Sad that we have to look thousands of miles to find a leader that we can say that about, and not have anyone dispute it.
No, some world leaders don't love their country. They love their ideology more or their hold on power. I think the leaders of China love their country more than they do their former Communist ideology for example. I think The Iranian leader loves his religious movement more than his ethnic country.