Being the best in the world to deal with a situation is a neutral statement. Putin is the best in the world to deal with the situation he’s in right now, if you need a negative angle on this.
Probably not true? It seems like Russia could use another Yeltsin (or Gorbachev) more than Putin for its current situation.
He did say best in the world, not best that can be imagined; so unless you are saying there is another Yeltsin or Gorbachev available...
OTOH, Putin is himself an active reason why alternatives aren't readily available.
It feels like this situation is exactly what they want (and likely an historical inflection point, where we pit east vs west again). Dropping the cold war was needed because they had no resources (surprise, socialism doesn't work!).
I'm waiting for Taiwan next and then I'd say we are completely *** (especially looking at our reliance on the east for manufacturing / energy and how useless our governments are).
Their response is to become dependent on China instead.