Putin does indeed support communist movements across the world and, as well, the Neo-Nazi right of Europe. This is not a conspiracy theory. You can look who shows up on state run media or ask Hugo Chavez or FARC how they feel about Russia's aid. Same thing with Iran, which still receives Russia's political defense and nuclear support.
This idea of Putin being a radical anti-communist is a new one, though the idea that he is a "Christian" is an old one. I'll add that the Russian Orthodox church has a patriarch who is a known KGB agent, and all the contenders for the position were also known KGB agents. Currently, in Russia, they are training Russian-speaking Imams to send to different parts of the middle east, presumably to do to the Muslims what they did with Christianity with the KGB's invention of Liberation theology.
Putin’s geopolitical allies undeniable include some unsavory folks: Venezuela, Iran, etc. Ours include Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and so forth.
But the far more interesting comparison is that Russia is training Muslims. We’re doing that too, but we’re training Islamofascist extremists bent on destroying Western civilization. We handed Bosnia and Kosovo to the fore-runners of Al Qaeda. We toppled Egypt and Syria. And we’re trying to topple Syria.
Russia borders a BUNCH of Muslim countries, and as already discussed on this thread, has been very severe dealing with Islamic extremists. And they’re very close to Orthodox belivers living in Muslim-majority lands. So what is Russia doing training Muslims? Simple: they’re trying to displace Islamofascism with Christian-tolerant Muslims. Largely. You are correct that they are cozy with Iran, so they certainly have made some ugly bedfellows. But they’re defending Christians in Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and elsewhere, while we’re paying people who are trying to exterminate them. And not just Obama: Ryan, Romney, McCain, the whole GOP establishment sides with Obama on this... pretty much everyone who hates Putin. Hmm... isn’t that odd..?
Hats off to Putin for that one!