Arms Quote by Oliver North

The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive…

— Garry Kasparov

Putin's survival depends on land grabs of foreign territories. He needs new annexations. The annexation of Crimea has gained him much applause at home.…

— Arseniy Yatsenyuk

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

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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

Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead.

— Malcolm Nance

Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has…

— Donald Trump

Of course for some Putin is a tyrant and dictator. Others consider him Russia's savior. But I'm in a difficult position. Putin helped my…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Russia's a small country. It's really poor. It has nothing other than oil and weapons sales.

— Malcolm Nance

Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

— Tim Kaine

Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s.

— Daniel Fried

Dictatorships sometimes fall unexpectedly and quickly. And [Vladimir] Putin knows that for him, the loss of power doesn't mean a comfortable retirement, but something…

— Garry Kasparov

The main export of the countries where dictatorship rules is their national leaders.

— Ilkin Santak