That is different. No question that a nationalist with an appreciation of the role of Christianity in society, -- which Putin is, -- would be an improvement in any Western government.
But unless "us" in the title is Soviet revanchists, the answer is No, not one of us.
I was writing in a hurry. Putin is perceived as nationalist, which ingredient we lack in our society, in the West. However, the last thing Putin truly can be described as is nationalist. He is, if I may coin a word, sovietist: a nationalist for an artificial nation. All his political instincts are internationalist: he likes repeating that Russian Federation is a multinational entity and his project is a neo-USSR to which his Customs Union is a step. Russia was under Red occupation for 70 years and remains an occupied country today. The difference is that the occupier adapted to the defeat of the Cold War.