Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe
People are quoting this as an example of Russian darkness, but Putin was quoting this, a passage from Leo Tolstoy, to show that he is intelligent and well-read, not the uneducated little street urchin and gangster the Russian intelligentsia sees him as. — PolitiTweet.org
John Hudson @John_Hudson
Putin, through his interpreter, goes dark: "There is no happiness in life, there is only a mirage on the horizon, so cherish that."
