Definitely agree he is an evil genius. He has the love of the Russian people, but none of that can make up for the fact Russia is a failed state. I don’t think that fact bothers him any. But for us it is a good thing, I think. Demographically and economically the country is collapsing. Which makes it less of a worry going forward for the US.
I think the biggest danger here is the dalliance with Islam. Worse than a Putin Russia would be a Russia swallowed up by Islam.