There are two aspects to any persons political outlook: their attitudes to equality and their attitudes to freedom. This is how the “political compass” works. It’s a square, not a line or circle Putin is authoritarian and oligarchical, as is Trump. Stalin was authoritarian and egalitarian.

In motivation, though not in practice due to incompetence, hubris and paranoia in the Kremlin. The authoritarian part is the same, but the objective is different. Stalin = authoritarian state capitalism as an attempt at communism Putin/Trump = authoritarian fascism as an attempt at oligarchy