Barack Quote by David Ignatius

Many Republicans who traditionally were for a positive role in the world, anti-Russian, now they want to defend their party and leader, and they…

— Garry Kasparov

I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just…

— Newt Gingrich

While Democrats, including Barack Obama, mocked the notion that Russia is the greatest threat to our country, nobody has been tougher on Russia and…

— Mike Braun

The president-elect seems to want Russia as a friend. President Obama arguably has not wanted to say that Russia is that great of a…

— Steve Inskeep

I want to be clear that when you mention the Republican critique of President Obama, that is not President-elect Trump's critique, right? So you…

— Michael McFaul

Conservatives - they say, 'Oh, Putin is a real leader, he's a true man, he stays firm on his position, he's not like this…

— Ilya Ponomarev

Putin is a better leader than Obama, because Obama's not a leader, so he's certainly doing a better job than Obama is, and that's…

— Donald Trump

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.

— Donald Trump

In mid-2014, 51 percent of American Republicans viewed Putin very unfavorably. Two years later, 14 percent did. By January, 75 percent of Republicans said…

— Franklin Foer

It's almost as if Putin is brilliant, really - he's outfoxing Obama all the time.

— Tina Brown

This is the Republican Party who has run against Russia for 80 years and you know, (Trump) hasn't mentioned (Putin) except in a positive way.

— Randy Newman

I think that Putin views Obama as weak. I think that there is a sense that he could put the troops in Ukraine because…

— Matt Schlapp