Yes, remember the time when conservatives would have been purple with outrage over a President from any party being owned by the Russian oligarchy?  All of a sudden, conservatives love Putin.  Like Trump, they love strong men.  It may be coincidence (although I doubt it) that the the love-Putin shift occurred as the US (and Obama in particular) was becoming more overtly pro-SSM and Putin was killing gays.  Hmmm...interesting hypothesis there.