Putin calls the Internet a "CIA project"

That's for internal, in Russia, consumption, for those who don't know better. Pay no attention... to the phrase itself.

I heard an interesting quote from former POTUS Bush 43' when he was asked about the current situation in the Ukraine. He said when he spoke with Putin when he was in offie, Putin always saw everything that happened in the world as either as an advantage to Russia or an advantage to the US.

It struck me since it seemed to be a rather one dimensional thought process for a guy who seems to be quite intelligent.

Putin is a KGB project, so he would know. :)