By this standard Putin is a Finn. But what really matters is what was the culture he had been raised in, what he had adopted as a proper behaviour. And the answer is 'Soviet' and he's not an exception in modern Russian amid people of his age
not sure what you mean by "soviet behavior"or "being soviet".it is true he was rise and grow in culture or rather developed mindset of person with desire of controlling everything,even when he was 16 years old he applied to become KGB,where most ppl at this age think about girls and fun.i liked him,when he would go to some oligarchs factory and demanded decent pay for workers or threatened to close it instantly.
but one might say that Russia being country of this size require strong,ever controlling charismatic leader and centralized power,strong provident.Yeltsin was weak and drunkard and he caused massive poverty and collapse.Putin rebuild Russia from the scratch,and he did it alone against lots powerful adversaries.he did impossible thing.
Stalin was named by Putin as a 'gifted manager
Stalin was monster,but that's true,he was gifted manager.he industrialized Russia massively.of course at the cost of thousands if not milions people perished when chopping down tundra or working in mines,quarries.ect
Kolomoysky 'Donbass' fighters and commanders assembled a conference to accuse Semenchenko in pretty serious mischievery.
This guy in particular accused him of giving a criminal order to indiscriminately shoot everyone at Nikolayivka.
youtube.com/watch?v=5XaseZN1GdY#t=100
there is official statement from donbass battalion Facebook,
basically, they say the accusations are from a liars and cowards who were personally thrown out of the battalion by Semenchenko:
facebook.com/teroboronaDonbass/posts/1494718930767954
nevertheless its serious accusation from one of Donbass battalion commander.yesterday amnesty international accused Aidar battalion of murders rapes and robberies