It is merely a pictorial essay that, from time to time, the 'vilified' meet with the 'vilified'.
You've written, "Their only defense for uniting with this kind of evil is that ridiculous notion that modern-day Russia and Putin are somehow the equivalent of the old Soviet Union, which they aren't."
The Left loves to push a "ridiculous notion" which can flip on its own axis in an instant. Meet with Putin; don't meet with Putin.
Putin as good enough to meet with flips to Putin as bad enough to not meet with, and the next flip is on its way....
Bannon’s War Room Report:
James Rickards Explains The Three Russia’s Of The Last 50 Years
https://rumble.com/v4cezyw-james-rickards-explains-the-three-russias-of-the-last-50-years.html