Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilun 2008, Putin ya zama Shugaban Rasha na farko da ya ziyarci Libya. Putin ya yi Allah wadai da shiga tsakani na soja na kasashen waje
na Libya, ya kira ƙudurin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a matsayin "mara kyau da aibi", kuma ya kara da cewa "Yana ba da damar komai. Ya yi kama da kiran da aka yi a ƙarni na farko don a yi yaƙin basasa". Bayan mutuwar Muammar Gaddafi, Putin ya kira shi a matsayin "kisan da aka shirya" ta Amurka, yana cewa: "Sun nuna wa dukan duniya yadda aka kashe shi (Gaddafi)", kuma "Akwai jini a ko'ina. Wannan shi ne abin da suke kira dimokiradiyya?"