The Tsars were every bit as authoritarian and expansionist as the current Russian government, yet we had cordial relations with them, even made the deal with them to get Alaska.
At least the Tsars hated Communism and were fully devoted to God. We don’t even have that with Putin, who actually compared Lenin’s relics to Christian relics, not to mention STILL doesn’t bulldoze Lenin’s mausoleum or remove Karl Marx’s statue DESPITE having plenty of chances at doing so, even bragged about keeping his KGB card.