I do feel a bit uneasy about the type of arguments that reminds me of Putin's rhetoric in Russia: yes, X is bad, but look at Y! Russia was correctly called out

I do feel a bit uneasy about the type of arguments that reminds me of Putin's rhetoric in Russia: yes, X is bad, but look at Y! Russia was correctly called out for using this logic in domestic and international propaganda, and now we see this spreading to Western media as well.