Vladimir Putin

He has slowly but surely eliminated what you and I would consider politics.

Is that going to be Putin’s legacy? Is that really what he wants?

We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.

any nation that attempts to interfere with his invasion would be met with consequences they have never seen.

For months now, the United States has been warning overtly publicly that Russian President Vladimir Putin was massing all those troops on the Ukrainian border for a reason that it wasn’t for military exercises, and it wasn’t for any other…

if there is any kind of protracted Russian occupation... people will rise up and whatever small way they can... I can guarantee you they will have a fight on their hands.

He needs his neighboring countries to be dependent on him, to be corrupt, and to be fundamentally disappointing to their people.

Do not let Banda rights and Neo Nazis use your children, wives, and old people as human shields. Take power into your own hands.

I urge you to immediately lay down your arms and go home, all servicemen of the Ukrainian army who comply with this requirement will be able to freely leave the combat zone and return to their families.

I urge you immediately lay down your arms and go home.

Do not follow criminal orders.

The most important thing he said today was that the entire body of laws, on which the dissolution of the Soviet Union was based, was illegitimate.

He basically said, well they`re not really a country, they never were a country. This is ours. We`re just taking it back.

Let me emphasize once again that Ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. It is an integral part of our own history, culture, spiritual’s face.

Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us. It`s an integral part of our own history, culture, and spiritual space. Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood. From the very first steps they began to build their statehood on…

I would like to reiterate that Ukraine is just not a neighboring country, it is an integral part of our own history, culture, and spiritual space.

Those who have taken the power and holding the power in Ukraine, we demand from you to stop any of the military actions. Otherwise, the responsibility will be on the governing government in Ukraine.

Putin seems to want the world to believe that extending his arm of protection to all Russians around the -- around Europe is a noble and selfless act, but his true motivations may be much darker.

It`s not about Ukraine joining NATO. It`s not about NATO expanding eastward toward Russia. It`s about whether people have the right to decide who governs them or not.

Vladimir Putin stressed that the responsibility should not be shifted onto the shoulders of Russia, since it is NATO that is making dangerous attempts to conquer Ukrainian territory and is building up its military potential at our borders.

As for who is killing whom and throwing whom in jail, people came to the U.S. Congress with political demands. They’re being called domestic terrorists.

I believe that former U.S. president, Mr. Trump, is an extraordinary individual, talented individual, otherwise he would not have become a U.S. president. He`s a colorful individual. You may like him or not. And -- but he didn`t come from…

These are not looters or thieves. These people came with political requests.

Putin tries to amplify Republican efforts to whitewash the deadly Capitol attack, saying the insurrectionists weren`t just a crowd of robbers and rioters.

Is Russia, as Robert Mueller alleged, attempting to influence the 2020 elections in the United States?