Putin seems pretty conservative to me. I don’t think the problems with Russian are liberal/conservative in nature.
If you think conservatism means one church aligned with Putin imposing its doctrines on all others, if you think conservatism means Putin picks who can get rich, if you think conservatism means the reestablishment of soviet style hegemony over Russia’s neighbors, if you think that conservatism means Putin wins all elections, if you think conservatism means the rule of law doesn’t apply to Putin, if you think that conservatism means gangsters can kill opponents (especially in the press) for Putin, if you think conservatism means no free press, then, I guess your view of what is and isn’t conservatism is vastly different than what was traditionally believed to be conservatism.
No...he isn’t a conservative.....he is a soviet.....
Confuse the two again and I will smack you with a herring.