We Russian see him as nice, gentle and soft person. He is truth person in all events as found in his words and actions. This is good quality (We Russian think so).
Once Prsident of Iran was in Moscow, there was much much good wishes from Russian public about him. He was but wearing a simple coat! If someone say to him to have expensive dress as a President...
This is on our Russian channel RT (Russia Today). There are many good videos on RT about Iran. I was out of Moscow when President of Iran visited there. But got a chance on RT to find details about.