Putin launched an unprovoked, imperialist war against an adjoining country he believes has no right to exist. When the US responded by arming Ukraine, what did he say? That he, and Russia, were being “cancelled” by America, of course!
It sounds ludicrous–deranged, even–but it has a clear purpose. He has chosen to identify himself completely with the extreme right in America in the hopes that it has enough political power to stop Biden from intervening in the war. It is cynical, not crazy.
Most of the members of the “New Right” deny being useful idiots, but what more evidence do you need?