So that's why Gaddafi's death depressed Putin much, but not about how Gaddafi was a great ally, since USSR felt Gaddafi insane and untrustworthy; but rather, losing a weapon market. read more
Putin was responding to remarks McCain made in October, when the former US presidential candidate said the killing of Col. Gaddafi should make "dictators" like Putin "nervous." Signalling that President Barack Obama's much publicised attempt to "reset" relations with Russia was now barely alive, Mr Putin added: "Sometimes it seems to me that America does not need allies, it needs vassals. read more
Putin later lashed out at U.S. Senator John McCain, calling him mad and describing the killing of Colonel Gaddafi as 'repulsive'. McCain had goaded him with a Twitter post saying 'the Arab Spring is coming to a neighborhood near you', prompting former KGB-agent Putin to attack his past as a combat pilot and prisoner of war in Vietnam. read more