Control Quote by Ksenia Sobchak

Putin is no different than any other powerful man, like a Senator, or a President.

— Donald Trump

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

Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions of people who have been lied to, cheated, who lost out in the…

— Svetlana Alexievich

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 operates like a super PAC, taking advantage of opportunities for negative campaigning. The purpose is to show that the U.S. has no moral…

— Fiona Hill

The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great…

— John McCain

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

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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

Putin has an obvious problem. His country's economy is in stagnation. He needs to constantly be pointing a figure at who is at fault.…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

— Fiona Hill

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position.

— Garry Kasparov

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