putin is an old style tory, in the image of somebody like winston churchill. except, of course, that's he russian and not british. what that means is that in addition to his traditional social conservative views, he also supports a welfare state, state capital and the maintenance of empire. that's british toryism. to a tee.
that's going to put him at odds with neo-liberals, and most of the populist right in the united states. but, it fits very well with the historical canadian right.