Putin is a leader of a socialist/communist country, and has been said to have a fond view of the soviet union before collapse, perhaps with a few changes here and there. All though I am big fan of his no backdown to propaganda bullshit attitude, and is the constant bad guy as per MSM, I would have to say that he's preferrence towards communism over capitalism is a stronger binder towards the current day democrats. I also struggle to believe that he would interfere in the elections, going against the political party that signed the "Uranium one" deal massively benefitting his country.

V.V. Putin is as much a classical liberal as Don Carleone...JEEZ!

You're going to need to explain to me how Trump and Putin are classical liberals. And how you could call it classical liberalism to be ok with interfering in a Democratic election so long as it furthers your agenda... seems like the opposite of liberalism to me ?

I don't know if it's a good thing, but I remember when bill Clinton accepted campaign contributions from China in 1996. Though it was controversial (for about a week) nobody launched a never ending investigation.

Putin a classic liberal. I think this is troll bait. Putin does not believe in freedom of speech.

Yes, if he's a classical liberal then clearly he has the best of intentions in regards to the direction of the country. This is why I also like Bolsonaro and Duterte, true classic liberals, and the classics are always the best.