Putin is hated outside of Russia but is loved in Russia, because he cares about Russian interest first.
Russia is the biggest country in the world. Has so many natural resources so has always been coveted by Empires: The French one and the German, now the US and financial elites Empire.
It also counterweights US military power, something the US does not tolerate, they need to to destroy it like Roman Empire had to destroy Carthage in order to secure its hegemony.
The president of Russia that would make US media happy is the kind of president that would make Russian people unhappy. A puppet from foreign powers.
They want to break Russia in 10 or 20 pieces so they become much weaker and they can benefit bidding against each other.
Your arguments are deeply flawed and based in dogmatism, not data. Western interest does not welcome Putin's money, Russia has very little money compared with Europe, the US and even China, it is a poor country.
They care about energy and resources because in Germany people can not survive in Winter without energy. Is that simple. The industry also could not survive.
Oh, and by the way the Russian also have nuclear weapons that could destroy Western countries in seconds. That also gives them influence.
Nothing to do with capitalism. Several European countries spend more money in the public sector than in the private one, so you can call them socialist instead.
With either socialism or capitalism, in Germany or Sweden you get -30 C in Winter. I was raised in a country with -(1-5)C and it is a completely different league.
I am not Russian myself but completely understand their position.