If Putin were truly a Tsarist, and if that Romanov crest meant anything to him, he would restore the Romanov dynasty to the throne of Russia. Of course he will never do any such thing. Even the suggestion is truly preposterous.
No, Putin is not a Tsarist in any way. That is just something Putin supporters like to say to absolve him of his communist past which he himself has never repented for in any way, as if being a tsarist would make him any less America’s enemy. Putin is only an imperialist in the sense that he seeks to conquer free nations. He does not seek to be an “emperor.” He does not need to, because he is already fuhrer for life.
How do you propose to do that when all the legitimate claimants are all dead?