Action Quote by Kelly Ayotte

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

— Kelly Ayotte

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

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

— Kelly Ayotte

We must effectively counter Moscow's attempts at influence with American strength and resolve, certainly not with a weak approach to President Putin or with…

— Dan Lipinski

People take the lazy way out, and do not regard Putin and the Kremlin as the real enemy. They create a long but erroneous…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

It will be very important for us to continue to keep up the necessary pressure, the necessary vigilance, for there to be peace in…

— Francois Hollande

When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and discouraging Putin.

— Kelly Ayotte

We should fulfill the Minsk Protocol. The main reason for the sanctions is that Russia broke a taboo: It triggered a war in Europe.…

— Alexei Navalny

Vladimir Putin knows exactly what he wants from the relationship with USA. In return for good relations, he wants lifting of sanctions, ratification, approval…

— Michael McFaul

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

— Sergey Karaganov

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

The sanctions and travel restrictions would have to be far more comprehensive to be truly painful for [Vladimir] Putin and his inner circle. And…

— Garry Kasparov