That's not the impression I get. To me, it looks like what Putin does, he does solely to consolidate his own power. He removes the opposition to remain seated in the throne. He silences the voices of protest by removing the wavelength from the airwaves. He keeps a lot of money under the matress illegally by hiding in in his friends' and family's accounts. He crafts an image of a masculine man, capable and achieving, so that people would appreciate his looks and not the manner in which he guides the country. All of this is dangerous. You can like Obama as a person, but he did a lot of questionable shit while in the White House. The troops, Gitmo, some of the less-known deals of his... With Putin, it's easier to list the good things he did. That list would be shorter. This got me curious: what do you see Russia and its people as? How is this image different from the one you were growing up with?and now runs Russia for the KGB.
It's deeply offensive to the fundamental intelligence and sensibilities of the Russian people and dismissive of the complex web of personality and tradition that makes up the modern Russian state.