1 | !!!By Putin |
2 | -> ''"Whether you like it or not, my pretty, you will have to put up with it."'' |
3 | -->-- Indirectly addressing the Ukrainian government days before the 2022 invasion, paraphrasing lyrics from ''Sleeping Beauty In A Coffin'' by ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnaya_Plesen Krasnaya Plesen]]''[[note]]''"Sleeping beauty [[ILoveTheDead in a coffin]], I crept up and fucked her. [[BlackComedyRape Like it, or dislike it, sleep my beauty]]."''[[/note]] |
4 | |
5 | ->''"Give me twenty years, and you will not recognize Russia."'' |
6 | -->-- echoing Piotr Stolypin, Prime Minister to Tsar Nicholas II |
7 | |
8 | ->'''A questioner''': Who rules Russia when you and the President sleep?\ |
9 | '''Putin''': [[AlwaysOnDuty We take turns sleeping.]] |
10 | -->-- From a live television call-in show in 2010 |
11 | |
12 | ->'''Larry King''': What happened to the submarine RFS Kursk?\ |
13 | '''Putin''': [[DeadpanSnarker It sank.]] |
14 | -->-- From Larry King's show in 2009 |
15 | |
16 | ->''"There is no such thing as [[ResignationsNotAccepted a 'former' KGB agent.]]"'' |
17 | -->-- '''Putin''', in response to Sergei Stepashin calling himself "a former KGB officer" |
18 | |
19 | ->''"I ''am'' the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. [[BastardlySpeech I collect emotions]]. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia -- I believe that is my greatest wealth."'' |
20 | -->-- '''Putin''' on his (un)reported net worth |
21 | |
22 | ->''"It's clear that from 1924 to 1953, the country led by [[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Stalin]] changed fundamentally... industrialization certainly did take place. We won the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Great Patriotic War]]. And whatever anyone may say, victory was achieved. Even when we consider the losses, no one now can throw stones at those who planned and led this victory."'' |
23 | -->- -On the legacy of Joseph Stalin |
24 | |
25 | ->''"[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu I treat all otherworldly powers with disdain.]] [[RealMenLoveJesus If one wishes to find truth, one would better read the Bible, the Talmud or the Quran - these are much more helpful.]]"'' |
26 | -->-- '''Putin''', [[TheComicallySerious in response]] to an anonymous Internet user [[http://www.aif.ru/politics/russia/42760 asking him]] about his opinion on the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Awakening of Cthulhu]]. |
27 | |
28 | ->''"[[TheComicallySerious Perhaps we will have mechas one day.]]"'' |
29 | -->-- '''Putin''', in response to an anonymous Internet user [[http://www.aif.ru/politics/russia/42760 asking him]] about his opinion on the usage of mechas in the Russian Border Guard. |
30 | |
31 | ->''"And today the "grateful progeny" has overturned monuments to Lenin in Ukraine. They call it de-communization. You want de-communization? Very well, this suits us just fine. But why stop halfway? [[ImpliedDeathThreat We are ready to show what real de-communizations would mean for Ukraine.]]"'' |
32 | -->-- '''Putin''', explaining his view of the history of Ukraine. |
33 | |
34 | |
35 | ->''"Fifty years ago, Leningrad's streets have already taught me one rule. If a fight is imminent, you need to strike first."'' |
36 | -->-- '''Putin''', on Russia's actions in Syria. |
37 | |
38 | !!!On Putin |
39 | ->''"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy."'' |
40 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush''' |
41 | |
42 | ->''"I looked into his eyes and saw three letters: a [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre 'K', a 'G', and a 'B']]."'' |
43 | -->-- '''John [=McCain=]''' |
44 | |
45 | ->''"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border."'' |
46 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/SarahPalin''' |
47 | |
48 | ->''"Putin is slouching; looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom."'' |
49 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' |
50 | |
51 | ->''"In the new war of beliefs, Putin is saying, it is Russia that is on God’s side. The West is Gomorrah."'' |
52 | -->-- '''Pat Buchanan''' |
53 | |
54 | ->''"The clock has moved back to the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar 1980s.]]"'' |
55 | -->-- '''Alexander Lebedev''' on U.S.-Russian relations under Putin |
56 | |
57 | ->''"The imperial horn has been sounded. But we are [[{{Ruritania}} a Third World kleptocracy]] [[PaperTiger hiding behind imperial symbols.]] [[VestigialEmpire There are no resources for a true imperial revival.]]"'' |
58 | -->-- Columnist '''Stanislav Belkovsky''' |
59 | |
60 | ->''"He'd come a long way from the painfully awkward gray FSB officer on Larry King, a year into his tenure. He had grown to become the master of public speaking... Here was an authoritarian dancing uncomfortably in his new dictator shoes, squirming in his throne."'' |
61 | -->--' ''[[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116852/merkel-was-right-putins-lost-his-mind-press-conference Julia Ioffe]]''', "Putin's Press Conference Proved Merkel Right: He's Nuts" |
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