Affair Quote by Benjamin E. Sasse

Putin is just maneuvering. He wants to be respected. He wants to be an important player in global politics. He wants people to negotiate…

— Ilya Ponomarev

Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

— John McCain

Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions of people who have been lied to, cheated, who lost out in the…

— Svetlana Alexievich

Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has…

— Donald Trump

Putin is backing Assad - a person that's truly an evil person. And I think it's very bad for Russia. I think it's very…

— Donald Trump

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a…

— Jeb Bush

Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with somebody who…

— Masha Gessen

With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

— Bernie Ecclestone

Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership…

— John McCain

Putin is a leader of his country. I say it's better to get along with Russia than not. And if Russia helps us in…

— Donald Trump

Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U.S.,"…

— David Brooks

There are allegations actually that he's [Vladimir Putin] associated with real gangsters in the past and that he runs his top circle sort of…

— Corey Flintoff