Control Quote by Garry Kasparov

“For years, the suspicion that Mr. Putin has a secret fortune has intrigued scholars, industry analysts, opposition figures, journalists and intelligence agencies but defied…

— Peter Baker

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their…

— Garry Kasparov

“In my first meeting with Vladimir Putin in the spring of 2001, he complained that Russia was burdened by Soviet-era debt. At that point,…

— George W. Bush

Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations…

— Masha Gessen

I think [Vladimir] Putin probably assumes he can't make a deal with me anymore because politically it would be unpopular for a politician to…

— Donald Trump

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

— Bernie Ecclestone

Mr Putin surely knows that the costs of conquering and occupying large amounts of territory in eastern Europe would be prohibitive for Russia.

— John Mearsheimer

If you want to go after Putin, go after his money and if you want to go after his money go after the oligarchs.

— Bill Browder

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power. But Putin - I don't know about women, but it looks…

— Vladimir Voinovich

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

— Kelly Ayotte

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