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Did Vladimir Putin really say this quote?
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Putin didn't coin it. It's been repeated in a number of variants by him and others such as Boris Yeltsin.
The earliest version I know of is:
"The person who does not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union has no heart. But the person who thinks it can be put together again has no brain".
- Lt. General Alexander Lebed, cited in Chicago Tribune, Jan 22 1995