Authority Quote by Fiona Hill

President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC. They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political opposition research…

— Fiona Hill

We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to…

— Hillary Clinton

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

Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests and to…

— Paul Craig Roberts

Putin is a totally inscrutable guy. He gives nothing away. People interpreted what they wanted to see in him.

— Bill Browder

Putin doesn't need Donbass (east Ukraine). He wants to determine the fate of the world at talks with a U.S. President, putin is dreaming…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Putin has all the power under his control, all the security forces, all the billions of dollars he needs. It's mad to pretend otherwise.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

— Joe Biden

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

A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in Afghanistan after…

— Fiona Hill

Putin has made a habit of supporting far-right candidates who undermine his foes in Europe; perhaps he never could have imagined such a character…

— Franklin Foer

So [Vladimir] Putin is a mess. He's committed all sort of murderous thuggery, and I am opposed to the way Putin conducts himself in…

— Benjamin E. Sasse