Busy Quote by Kathleen Troia McFarland

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

Mr. Putin seems to be playing on every chessboard, from what Russia calls its 'near abroad' to the Middle East, from Europe to America.

— Antony Blinken

Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe.

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Tina Brown

Barack Obama's busy moving into the White House. Earlier today, John McCain was blowing on his soup.

— David Letterman

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

— Bernie Ecclestone

If Donald Trump shows signs of backing out of Europe, the Russians might be willing to stay out of his confrontation with Iran. If…

— Lawrence Davidson

President Obama, by the way, is, I think, making his first presidential European trip. And while he's there in Europe, he plans to fire…

— David Letterman

Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall…

— David Remnick

President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our friends in…

— Mitt Romney

In light of Trump's irresponsible behavior, even Putin may decide that it was time to recalculate Russian interests. This could happen quite quickly if…

— Richard A. Falk

I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

— Mitt Romney