Whoops. Apologies, wideawake.
No need, BB. I agree with justa-hairyape that Vladimir Putin is a fascist dictator.
Vladimir Putin is, by training, a secret police thug from the KGB.
Vladimir Putin rules by decree. He decreed that all Presidents of the Russian Federation would be perpetually immune from criminal investigation and prosecution upon leaving office. He abolished, by personal decree, the federal structure of the Russian Federation's constitution. He did this by installing personal governors appointed by him over the federal districts of the RF and by giving them power to veto the acts taken by the elected legislatures and executives of these districts.
He then moved forward with legislation to eliminate local executives altogether.
He has closed down by decree media outlets that criticize him.
He has used the full power of the state to launch lengthy investigations and prosecutions of any prominent citizens who have the money and influence to contradict him.
Critics of his who have moved abroad have been mysteriously assassinated.
Russian journalists who investigated his dealings have been mysteriously assassinated.
He has made a mockery of the RF constitution by installing a figurehead president who agreed beforehand to name him prime minister.
If this happened in any Western country it would be called by its proper name: fascism.