By equating Putin and Russia, you are creating a situation that's the opposite of what you would like to have happen. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
Therefore, I do not think we should go only 60 years back but should look deeper, centuries back. Maybe this will give… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
There are three things the prospective traveler to Russia does well to bear in mind. One: It is their country. Two: Most… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever… — Ross Perot Copy Share Image
There's nothing effective against Trump. Trump is Trump. Trump is going to lie. Trump is going to act the way he's acting.… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines,… — Adelina Sotnikova Copy Share Image
I think that a person cannot be criminally or otherwise prosecuted, his or her rights cannot be infringed upon the grounds of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging -… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
The 'Russia collusion' narrative caused untold damage to the Trump administration and its policy goals. It sparked a years-long special counsel probe… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If I ever get to meet Vladimir Putin, I will probably take my top off and challenge him to an erotically charged… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is… — Prem Rawat Copy Share Image
Iran is the greatest national security threat America faces. Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10,… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
I don't believe Vladimir Putin is a killer, a threat to France, to others in this region. Nothing Vladimir Putin has done… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
The last time I was in Japan as President of Russia was 11 years ago, if memory serves. I later visited in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are! — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
The New York Times carries as much weight as the FBI, and if the New York Times says there's nothing to see… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
Mr. Putin's goal is to push Russia's borders farther west, to control Ukraine's substantial agricultural exports and natural resources, and to destabilize… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
I have no illusions. Of course, Russia is massively upgrading its military. We know that Russia is pursuing a policy of expansion.… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We never make editorial decisions with people who are working closely with Vladimir Putin, unless you consider myself a person who is… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
The Democrat Party of the 1980s chose the Soviet Union over Ronald Reagan, in Nicaragua, and in Moscow as well. Now, all… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I don't think Trump is naïve about the Russians... I don't see him giving any chips away. Trump is a much better… — Christopher Ruddy Copy Share Image
Our [Russia]documents have gone on to be used in quite a number of court cases: refugee cases of people fleeing some kind… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
No-one will protect us unless we learn to protect us ourselves... Our army should become one of the elites of Ukrainian society...… — Petro Poroshenko Copy Share Image
There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans'… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
But Sasha who after all had no English blood in her but was from Russia where the sunsets are longer, the dawns… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image