Hey!
Back up Turbo!!!!
We know what Putin is!
Nobody is going to back his Commie KGB ass here!
Actually, many here have backed Putin, time and again, beyond trying to see things from another perspective. They'll write lopsidedly, or include Kremlin 'spin' in their talking points, seeming without knowing that is what they are doing, and with little to no limiting qualification -- like including in their own discussion, things which may look Vladi and his gang look less than wonderful. So yes, they come across as Kremlin apologists.
As for his "ass" being commie, I dunno, it's likely to still be KGB at least --- but if it still is part commie (other than more simply statist-totalitarian) it likely gets along with the rest of the "natural monopoly" Russian crime business syndicate better than Dr. Strangelove's right hand got along with the Dr.