It's strange for me to watch the left through the years. Under Reagan, the left just could not be more supportive of the USSR.
Then in 2016, when Hillary tried to accuse Trump of colluding with the Russians, as some sort of campaign strategy, now, all of the sudden the Russians are the bad guys.
Conservatives have always been consistent on tyranny and tyrants. The USSR was an evil empire and Putin is an evil tyrant.