Country Quote by Rush Limbaugh

Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.

— Nancy Pelosi

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

If Putin decides to run, which we are assuming that he will, there really isn't anything that can stop him. He can manipulate the…

— Anne Applebaum

People expect some kinds of decisions from Putin that will help them see their own future. A significant part of the people that he…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

My impression is that Putin feels that he can basically manipulate the West to do what he ultimately wants to achieve, and that he…

— Leon Panetta

I think that Vladimir Putin is certainly getting a lot of publicity for what the Russians are doing. And I'm not sure that's unwelcome…

— Robert M. Gates

Putin is behaving in a very dangerous way. And Donald Trump sounds as though he would simply sit back and allow that to go…

— Paul Wolfowitz

Putin is now nationalist. And what he does is, he tells the Russian people, OK, you may have a little less chicken in your…

— Michael McFaul

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'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

I think Vladimir Putin will give up power.

— Henry A. Kissinger

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

— Malcolm Nance