The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.
Vladimir PutinAfter all, despite the scandalous behavior of one and, by the way, the other candidate [they are both , Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, scandalous in their own ways], they are smart, they are really smart and they are aware of the leverages they should use to make the voters in the United States understand them, feel them and hear them.
Vladimir PutinI consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people.
Vladimir Putin