Being Quote by Masha Gessen

President Trump understands that President Putin does not like to be insulted. Putin takes it very personally. He harbors a grudge. He doesn't forget.…

— Fiona Hill

So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion.

— Fiona Hill

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain,…

— Julia Gillard

One of the things we've learned about Donald Trump is he totally obsessed by the media. He is like the media critic-in-chief. He watches…

— Ramesh Ponnuru

Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that matters but…

— Masha Gessen

“This is an egregious breach of journalistic ethics. It’s absolutely inappropriate, whether they consider themselves “journalists” or not. You don’t “act” the part of…

— Megyn Kelly

Those who criticize Putin are not human: they are my personal enemies.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Donald Trump does not take criticism well, nor does he appreciate reporting on his life.

— Trevor Noah

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style

— Stella Gibbons

Obviously, guys don't deal with the same level of criticism if they show off their bodies. Russian President Vladimir Putin literally staged a goofy…

— Ana Kasparian

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

Much of the hostility toward Putin stems from the fact that he not only defies the West when standing up for Russia's interests, he…

— Pat Buchanan