President Putin is a dangerous psychopath - reason is not going to work with him. <…> If history teaches us anything, it is that treating unstable psychopaths as if they are normal, reasonable people doesn't work. <…> Europe didn't pick this fight, but we should be in no doubt that Russia under Putin is an unpredictable rogue state.

Joan Smith (01.02.2015). President Putin is a dangerous psychopath - reason is not going to work with him. The Independent. Retrieved on 01.02.2015.