Something something :stalin-pipe:'s word on the matter. I have no doubt media outlets are going to use this to further promote rainbow imperialism.

That said, I'd be very hesitant to give too much leeway, let alone put actual support/backing behind Putin, given the nature of Russia seeming contrary to those conditions as originally described. Russia is only "anti-imperialist" in that they aren't let into the big boy club at the risk of America losing its hegemony over it. Russia has its own imperial ambitions as far as Africa despite being cornered, and I'd compare them more to a rival power in an imperialist war a la the Kaiserreich (albeit much weaker) than a nation resisting global imperialism like the Emirate of Afghanistan or the Irish Republicans. As you've said, the leftist movements within Russia should be the ones we look to. The emerging multipolarity that benefits actual non-imperialistic or even socialist nations is simply an accidental byproduct of the Russian invasion.