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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney appears on CNN's "State of the Union" on February 27, 2022.CNN/"State of the Union"
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Romney said that Putin was a small, evil, feral-eyed man who was trying to shape the world in the image of Russia again.

Romney, a Republican from Utah, made the comments during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union on Saturday after Dana Bash asked about Romney's 2012 comments warning that Russia was ageopolitical foe.

Romney said on Sunday that China is the greatest threat to us long term and that Russia is circling the drain. John McCain used to joke that Russia was a gas station.

Romney was concerned that several US presidents had tried to repair US relations with Russia and had seen a responsible person in the Russian president.

Romney said that John McCain looked into the eyes of Putin and saw the KGB. We are seeing a small, evil, feral-eyed man who is trying to shape the world in the image where once again Russia would be an empire.

Romney said that was not going to happen.

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Romney recalled comments made by the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, who said he saw three letters: a K, a G, and a B in Putin.

The people of the world see him and see Russia. They are saying that they will fight for freedom. What we are seeing is inspiring. It is powerful. It will change the world in a positive way.

Putin ordered Russia's nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert because of sanctions and statements from NATO and western nations.

Putin told his top advisors that the Western countries were taking hostile actions toward Russia in the economic sphere.

Senior officials of leading NATO countries make aggressive statements against our country. He ordered the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff to put the deterrent forces of the Russian army in a special regime of duty.

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