The way I view Russia, it is a national fascism controlled that is attempting to be more national conservative capitalism thru Putin's leadership. The oligarchs that control the Kremlin make it fascist because these oligarchs are not "government". Sort of like the US rich using lobbyist to swing policy in their favor, but not as pronounced with a round table of oligarchs like Russia. Putin doesn't want communism. He knows a few oligarchs/gment officials are Clinton supported which creates the divide in Russia, much like the US. I believe that Trump and Putin both want to do the same thing to the Clinton global cabal, which is why the cabal hates Putin so much. Both want their countries to succeed and people to prosper, but both are competing for their country to prosper which can create turmoil between the countries with trade and pipelines and all of that. I believe the stuff that Russia did agaisnt Trump wasn't under Putin's authorization but you never really know....