Character Quote by Tucker Carlson

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

Putin is a totally inscrutable guy. He gives nothing away. People interpreted what they wanted to see in him.

— Bill Browder

There are allegations actually that he's [Vladimir Putin] associated with real gangsters in the past and that he runs his top circle sort of…

— Corey Flintoff

I'm afraid Putin will kill me. I believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in Ukraine. I couldn't dislike him more.

— Boris Nemtsov

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

— Fiona Hill

Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

— John McCain

Make no mistake - Putin and his gang of oligarchs pose a real threat to democratic governments, including ours.

— Tom Suozzi

Putin has made a habit of supporting far-right candidates who undermine his foes in Europe; perhaps he never could have imagined such a character…

— Franklin Foer

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

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 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

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