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In the West, people demonize Putin. They do not understand that there is a collective Putin, consisting of some millions of people who do…

— Svetlana Alexievich

For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one. Putin is a…

— Henry A. Kissinger

“Many will argue that such views of Putin are hyperbolic. As I watch politics in the UK and US implode under Russia’s destabilisation effort…

— J.J. Patrick

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

My impression is that Putin feels that he can basically manipulate the West to do what he ultimately wants to achieve, and that he…

— Leon Panetta

Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating…

— Alexei Navalny

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

In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,…

— Daniel Fried

From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits on the…

— Garry Kasparov

In a sense, the central problem in U.S.-Russian relations has been a form of psychological projection. Putin views foreign policy as a means of…

— Tom Malinowski

Putin is very - not the smartest guy in the world.

— Hannah Teter

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