Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilun 2008, Putin ya ziyarci Libya inda ya sadu da shugaban Muammar Gaddafi, kasar ta yi maraba da ra'ayin kirkirar kungiyar OPEC mai kama da kasashe masu fitar da iskar gas, Putin ya zama shugaban Rasha na farko da ya ziyarci Libya, ya yi tsokaci game da ziyarar a matsayin "Mun gamsu da yadda muka magance wannan matsalar. Ina da cikakken tabbacin cewa maganin da muka samo zai taimaka wa tattalin arzikin Rasha da na 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 kira na karni na karni don yakin basasa. " A duk lokacin taron, Putin ya la'anci wasu matakan da NATO ta dauka. Bayan mutuwar Muammar Gaddafi, Putin ya kira shi a matsayin "kisan da aka shirya" ta Amurka, ya tambayi "Sun nuna wa dukan duniya yadda aka kashe shi (Gaddafi)", kuma "Akwai jini a ko'ina. Wannan shi ne abin da suke kira dimokiradiyya?"