Indeed. Say what one will against Putin, but at least he loves his country and remembers that its his job to protect and defend it. You wouldn’t see him allowing millions of illegals to invade his country or appoint cross dressing loons and sexual deviants to government offices.
Russia does have an immigration problem, including millions of illegals.
Getting tens of thousands of Russians killed for no good reason is not how a Russian leader “loves his country.”
Humiliates his country, maybe.