These news are no big surprise to me anymore.
Every single day someone is going to come out and say something that is completely anti-bitcoin. And apparently the president of Russia is no exception. However, as a reminder their central bank is apparently exploring the possibility of implementing a crypto rouble, which is quite contradictory to putin's point.
I mean it makes sense that he hates it. It takes direct control from him.
Did you read and research the news? There's a full interview where you can see that Putin didn't speak out against crypto as a whole and doesn't want to create "unnecessary regulations" that could hinder the development of blockchains.