I guess we see it a bit differently. I’m impressed with governments in general. Nor corporations. Bother or psychotic and domineering institutions.
Some see one side as good and the other as evil. But all sides seem to have a penchant for war and for using entire populations to serve their selfish and foolish needs.
So, you prefer Putin to Yeltsen. That’s fine. But people who value life and Nature don’t want to spend their lives in servitude to any fools.
I suspect, that deep down, you want to live as a free person who respects others and Nature.
But it’s easy to be swept up in the rhetoric of elites. I’ve been there, too. Pretty much everyone has.