“Putin is a dictator yet happens to speak a simple truth most western democratically elected leaders either deny or refuse to admit.”
To be fair, even Stalin spoke simple truths. Didn’t stop him from promoting the same lies abroad anyways, or him being a Communist.
Besides, Putin had no problems pushing said propaganda to those guys anyways, if this is to be believed: https://www.outono.net/elentir/2020/03/05/the-george-soros-of-moscow-vladimir-putin-and-his-support-to-the-radical-left-of-the-west/
I am not glossy over anything bad about Putin.
But on the “trans” gender issue he speaks correctly. Does that make a “good” spokesperson in general? No.