I don't want to suggest that Trump is emulating Putin. Trump is his own creation. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC. They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Putin operates like a super PAC, taking advantage of opportunities for negative campaigning. The purpose is to show that the U.S. has… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
There's no prospect that the Russians are going to send Snowden back. Snowden is in the land of spy swaps now. Putin… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Calling Trump 'Putin's puppet' is a sign of the weakness of the American political system. It appears so weak and fragile that… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The capital city of Grozny in Chechnya was reduced completely to rubble, and Putin thought this was worthwhile because it kept the… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Stop pyschoanalyzing Putin, and recognize that there is a certain mind set. The West must draw a line under 'Putinography' and just… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
President Trump understands that President Putin does not like to be insulted. Putin takes it very personally. He harbors a grudge. He… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The idea is that Putin-Trump would be a win-win for the Kremlin, as they have mutual interests and alliances. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The Cold War was obviously driven by a very intense ideological struggle that was very clearly defined. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Outside of the Moscow elite and a very small urban elite, Russia is one great big blue-collar country. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
People in Washington, D.C., may not be paying that much attention to what's happening in Chechnya, but people in Riyadh and Amman and elsewhere… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
I have worked hard and emigrated to the U.S., and I think of myself as working class but I'm probably not any more. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over time came… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The Russians didn't invent partisan divides. The Russians haven't invented racism in the United States. But the Russians understand a lot of those divisions… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
New ties between Russia and Japan would mark not only a breakthrough in their relations but also a significant shift in Northeast Asia's political… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
In the instance of Iran for Russia, Iran is a very important counterweight to the Sunni Muslim powers in the Gulf, but Russia's always… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The idea is that Putin-Trump would be a win-win for the Kremlin, as they have mutual interests and alliances. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
You could say that by standing up to Russia, the U.S. is finally getting some balls. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
So with President Obama, he's a very different style. Very thoughtful, posed. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
