He Quote by Svetlana Alexievich

Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a thug. He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a credible election.

— Mitch McConnell

Vladimir Putin is a dictator. He's not a leader. Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Russian history and they don't know Vladimir Putin. Hillary…

— Tim Kaine

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

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

— Donald Trump

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.

— Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin is a Russian czar. He's kind of a mix of Peter the Great and Stalin. He's got both in his veins. And…

— Marvin Kalb

Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

— Tim Kaine

Putin knows how to run the KGB playbook. I mean, he knows how to work people.

— Adam Kinzinger

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

— Fiona Hill

Putin himself is a character out of fiction, an uber-macho former Soviet thug running a massive, expansionist kleptocracy. The man stages photographs riding horses…

— Ben Shapiro

Putin is very - not the smartest guy in the world.

— Hannah Teter

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