Alexander J. Motyl: Putin celebrates unrepentant fascist Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of Russian ultra-nationalist LDPR party, speaks during a rally against the presence of US fast food giant McDonald's, which had three outlets closed this week in Moscow for "sanitary" reasons in central Moscow on August 22, 2014. Russian authorities launched nationwide inspections of McDonald's restaurants on the eve after shutting three wildly-popular Moscow locations on apparent government orders aimed at striking back against biting Western sanctions.