Is authoritarian dictator afraid of Xi the pooh and afraid of his "puppet" muslim extremist Razman Kadyrov.Putin is a head of Russian oligarchs mafia and enemy of western nation. Only good things to say about him are:

• in Chechenya his forces really flighted against Islamic terrorism before 9/11. Sorry - Chechen were never "freedom fighters". Remember Boston Maraton ?
• Putin did right things in Syria. Maybe not the best things from American point of view,but better Assad than ISIS and Al-Queda.And better than islamist dictator of Turkey posing as US ally ( Erdogan ) too. You know how real was fighting ISIS under Obama before Russia joined the game - it is declassified Obama knowingly supported Al-Queda.
• he is very smart, outmanoeuvring Obama on Ukraine without full scale invasion even if against American (and not only) geopolitical interests was unbelievably smart move.He left Ukraine with bleeding wound called Donbas instead of bombing and raiding whole Ukraine. Evil,very evil.But also: genius,doing so avoided putting central Europe in flames and without risking nuclear war.