still nobody explained why is Putler only supported by despotic dictatorships, if you can call it support anyway.
Because many Third World countries are dictatorships, democratic countries as it is understood in the West are a minority in the world.
Because many of these countries consider that this war does not concern them, and that it is a war between "whites". Who is affected by the war between Yemen and Saudi Arabia? In Congo ? Etc...
Russia has the food weapon. These countries are heavily dependent on wheat for their food and Russia is the leading exporter and supplier to these countries. Mubarak fell in Egypt in 2011 partly because the price of raw materials had risen sharply ( if there is a revolution again these regimes fall).
They reject or do not share Western values: democracy, respect for minorities, respect for human rights. When Putin talks about the decadence of Western values ( gay marriage,, woke culture, many Arab countries, in Africa.. think the same thing
Given the past wars in Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, in these countries there is an anti-imperialist feeling that has developed (also allowed by Russian propaganda).
And behind all this there is an economic rivalry between China and the USA with the question of the dollar.