Again, what he does over what he says, results over promises.
He says he defends Russia's interests but Russia's interests are not to slash gas prices for Ukraine. Russia's interests would be to get a profitable price. The reason Putin has to control the energy sector from the Kremlin is because privately run capitalist businesses would put profit first.
"Nation-building" in Abkhazia and South Ossetia is not in Russia's interests. Russian money should be building Russia, not going into the pockets of the Chechen warlord, the son of the Chechen mufti.
Rebuilding the Soviet Union is not in Russia's interests. Russia is better off independent and free, but Putin is ruining that.