who is, in many ways, a dictatorial imperialist

much like the ones ruling over the US, Canada, Germany, Austria, France, Australia, New Zealand, China, Ukraine, UK, Southafrica. Ok, he seems a bit more competent than those.

edit: I think you should watch Putin at the Munich conference, if you haven't already. It seems everybody is talking about this 'evil dude', but very few make the effort to listen to a first-hand-source, himself.
Shouldn't you know people you (almost) call your enemies?