Let me remind you Puti himself  is pro-Western politician (as well as most of Russian elite), they do not care. It is not even PR problem for them, as Russian public opinion see little difference between Western NATO members and Western non-NATO members (It is interesting to see survey of what % of Russians are aware Sweden and Finland were not NATO members). So even in internal debate it will not be a big issue (plenty of other, more important facts for pro-Russian opposition to use against Put