I believe what works is right, regardless how its done.
I and my people live a good life because of the land and possessions we have taken from other countries, so why would I refuse the Russians the right to do the same?
Putin isn't a saint and he's far from perfect. But compared to our leaders who encourage us to hate ourselves and the history of our country, he's 10 times the leader than what we've had for a long time.
Boris johnson wrote a book called the dream of Rome, no doubt fully aware the romans killed a million native Britain's and enslaved another million, that'd be