Editing Vladimir Putin (section)

=== After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine ===
[[File:Every Night for Ukraine 022 Russian Embassy Finland (51913217218).jpg|thumb|Protest sign in front of the Russian embassy in Finland. Putin has been labeled a [[War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|war criminal]] by international law experts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine war: Putin should face trial this year, says top lawyer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64138851 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1 January 2023}}</ref>]]

Following mounting civilian casualties during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-civilians-mariupol-may-have-died-past-month-un-tells-reuters-2022-03-29/ |title = Thousands of civilians in Mariupol may have died in past month – UN tells Reuters |work = [[Reuters]] |date = 29 March 2022 }}</ref> U.S. president [[Joe Biden]] called Putin a war criminal and "murderous dictator".<ref name="Putin according to Biden">{{cite news|last1 = Parker |first1 = Ashley |title = Biden calls Putin a 'war criminal' |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/16/biden-zelensky-speech-response-aid/ |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |access-date = 18 March 2022 |date = 17 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1 = Vazquez |first1 = Maegan |last2 = Carvajal |first2 = Nikki |title = Biden calls Putin a 'murderous dictator' and 'pure thug' |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/biden-putin-pure-thug/index.html |access-date = 6 April 2022 |website = [[CNN]] |date = 17 March 2022 }}</ref> In the [[2022 State of the Union Address]], Biden said that Putin had "badly miscalculated".<ref>{{cite web|first=Lauren|last=Gambino|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/01/joe-biden-ukraine-state-of-the-union |title=State of the Union: Joe Biden pledges to make Putin pay for Ukraine invasion|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 March 2022}}</ref> The [[Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations|Ukrainian envoy to the United Nations]], [[Sergiy Kyslytsya]] likened Putin to [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/ukraines-un-envoy-likens-putin-to-hitler/video/1717033aba4373b46eb28437fac6aba2|title=Ukraine's U.N. envoy likens Putin to Hitler|website=[[News.com.au]]|date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307020722/https://www.news.com.au/national/ukraines-un-envoy-likens-putin-to-hitler/video/1717033aba4373b46eb28437fac6aba2 |archive-date=7 March 2022 }}</ref> Latvian prime minister [[Krisjanis Karins]] also likened the Russian leader to Hitler, saying he was "a deluded autocrat creating misery for millions" and that "Putin is fighting against democracy (...) If he can attack Ukraine, theoretically it could be any other European country".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-launch-new-sanctions-against-russia-over-barbaric-attack-ukraine-2022-02-24/|title=EU targets Russian economy after 'deluded autocrat' Putin invades Ukraine|work=[[Reuters]]|date=25 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvias-pm-says-putin-his-regime-need-be-isolated-world-2022-02-24/|title=Latvia's PM says Putin and his regime need to be isolated from the world|work=[[Reuters]]|date=25 February 2022}}</ref>

Lithuania's foreign minister [[Gabrielius Landsbergis]] said, "The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe. If Putin is not stopped there, he will go further".<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/eu-to-impose-unprecedented-sanctions-on-russia-as-leaders-meet-1.4811001 "EU to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia as leaders meet"]; ''The Irish Times'']; 24 February 2022</ref> President [[Emmanuel Macron]] of France said Putin was "deluding himself".<ref>{{cite web|access-date=20 March 2023 |date=3 March 2022 |first1=Aurelien |first2=Anton |last1=Breeden |last2=Troianovski |title=A Putin-Macron call leaves France persuaded that Russia wants 'control of all of Ukraine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/europe/putin-macron-call.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> French foreign minister [[Jean-Yves Le Drian]] denounced him as "a cynic and a dictator".<ref>{{Cite web |title=After Putin highlights Russia's nukes, France retorts: NATO is a nuclear alliance |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-putin-highlights-russias-nukes-france-retorts-nato-is-a-nuclear-alliance/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] called Putin "a lying, murderous dictator."<ref>{{cite news|title= Trudeau slams Trump for starting a trade war with Canada while appeasing Putin |first= Rob |last= Gillies |date= 5 March 2025 |work= [[Associated Press News]] |language= en |url= https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84 |access-date= 7 March 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250307072935/https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84 |archive-date= 7 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> UK prime minister [[Boris Johnson]] also labelled Putin a "dictator" who had authorised "a tidal wave of violence against a fellow Slavic people".<ref>{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Merrick|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-putin-russia-speech-ukraine-war-b2022309.html|title=Boris Johnson brands Putin 'dictator' and vows to end 'hideous and barbaric' Ukrainian war|website=[[The Independent]]|date=24 February 2022}}</ref> Some authors, such as [[Michael Hirsh (journalist)|Michael Hirsh]], described Putin as a "messianic" [[Russian nationalism|Russian nationalist]] and [[Eurasianism|Eurasianist]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Hirsch |authorlink=Michael Hirsh (journalist) |title = Putin's Thousand-Year War |url = https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/12/putins-thousand-year-war/ |work = [[Foreign Policy]] |date = 12 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = The cocktail of ideologies behind Vladimir Putin |url = https://www.dw.com/en/the-cocktail-of-ideologies-behind-vladimir-putin/a-61242466 |website = [[Deutsche Welle]] |date = 24 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first = Jane |last = Burbank |title = The Grand Theory Driving Putin to War |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-eurasianism.html |work = [[The New York Times]] |date = 22 March 2022 }}</ref>

In March 2025, [[Franklin Foer]] of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' said that the 21st century was the "Age of Vladimir Putin".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/putin-russia-won/681959/|first1=Franklin|last1=Foer|website=[[The Atlantic]]|date=8 March 2025|access-date=8 March 2025|title=Putin Won}}</ref> Foer wrote that:
{{cquote|Over the past 25 years, the world has bent to the vision of one man. In the course of a generation, he not only short-circuited the transition to democracy in his own country, and in neighboring countries, but set in motion a chain of events that has shattered the transatlantic order that prevailed after World War II. In the global turn against democracy, he has played, at times, the role of figurehead, impish provocateur, and field marshal. We are living in the Age of Vladimir Putin.}}