Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Afrilun 2008, Putin ya zama Shugaban Rasha na farko da ya ziyarci Libya. Putin ya yi Allah wadai
ya kira shawarar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a matsayin "mara kyau da kuma 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?"