Add spaces: inthepastVladimirPutinsaid,whenhewascriticizedforhavingdealingswiththeleadersofNorthKorea,IraqandBelarus,"Theyarescoundrelsbuttheyareourscoundrels."
in the past Vladimir Putin said, when he was criticized for having dealings with the leaders of North Korea, Iraq and Belarus, "They are scoundrels but they are our scoundrels."