You are mistaken by projecting your complexes on me, and I will explain why. In Russia, one can criticize Putin quite freely if it is essential and desirable when drinking vodka with friends in one's kitchen, not in a public space. For example, Putin promised not to raise the retirement age, and then the retirement age in Russia nevertheless increased - this is a good reason for criticizing Putin among the people. Putin did not keep his word in an important aspect for many people, Putin is an asshole. At the same time, he got the country in ruins after the collapse of the USSR, default and gangster privatization, and created a "vertical of power" management system that really works. In foreign policy, I have little to criticize Putin for, although he could have been more successful in the field of diplomacy. At the same time, he looks and acts like a guy who has a strategic plan and follows it, and says basically the right things.

From 2014 to 2021, the status of the Russian language in Ukraine has degraded from regional to actually banned in the public space. Actually, this was one of the main reasons for the armed separatist conflict in Ukraine, it is strange that you do not know this. It is interesting that Russian-speaking residents of Donbass often speak Ukrainian language better, because they study the literary version at school than residents of Western Ukraine with their native surzhik. I am sure that demilitarization and denazification will benefit them, ennoble and raise their level of civilization to an acceptable level in a decent society.