The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. — Fiona Hill Institutions Copy Share Image
Russia was dependent on China growing and driving the demand for its commodities: oil, gas and minerals. China was an alternative to… — Fiona Hill China Copy Share Image
We have politicized the issue of Russia to a point that we can't have a sensible conversation about it. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
For the United States, in particular, the South Caucasus has been a priority since the 1990s. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Our basic problem is how do we stop the hot war on the ground in Ukraine, and not get into a more… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion. — Fiona Hill Being Copy Share Image
Putin operates like a super PAC, taking advantage of opportunities for negative campaigning. The purpose is to show that the U.S. has… — Fiona Hill Authority Copy Share Image
Absolutely everything I've done - my research, my training, my book - was made possible due to Harvard opening doors and providing… — Fiona Hill Books Copy Share Image
Calling Trump 'Putin's puppet' is a sign of the weakness of the American political system. It appears so weak and fragile that… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
I tend to look at Trump as a real-estate mogul. You look at a building and say, 'I'm just going to tear… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of Russian propaganda is to show that the U.S. and U.S. politics is filled with hubris and hypocrisy and… — Fiona Hill Hypocrisy Copy Share Image
Every military scenario that the Russians basically engage in their annual exercises, either on their western or eastern flank, always involved some… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The refugee problem is definitely a disaster for the entire region. Putin - the refugee problem in Chechnya was largely contained inside… — Fiona Hill Disaster Copy Share Image
I am very confident based on all of the analysis that has been done - and, again, I don't want to start… — Fiona Hill Confident Copy Share Image
A U.S. president who is elected amid controversy and recrimination, reviled by a large segment of the electorate, and mired in domestic… — Fiona Hill Foreign policy Copy Share Image
The real concern for the Russians is that they're going to get closed out, that there's gong to be a new 'Iron… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Everybody used to talk about Chechnya as a place, in the Russian imperial and Soviet periods, that was essentially governed by extended… — Fiona Hill Chechnya Copy Share Image
Russia and China thawed their frosty relationship in the 1990s and signed a friendship treaty in 2001, but China's rise has increased… — Fiona Hill China Copy Share Image
There is certainly this widespread anti-Americanism within the Russian elite, a feeling that the U.S. lost any moral high ground it could… — Fiona Hill Americanism Copy Share Image
The Russians didn't invent partisan divides. The Russians haven't invented racism in the United States. But the Russians understand a lot of… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and… — Fiona Hill Adversary Copy Share Image
A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in… — Fiona Hill Desire Copy Share Image
There is a good supply of Russia experts out there - people who have lived there with lots of good experience -… — Fiona Hill Experience Copy Share Image
I got a PhD from Harvard and a few years later, there was a girl from Sunderland who hadn't got into Oxford… — Fiona Hill Girl Copy Share Image
Chechnya was part of that whole wave of entities of the Soviet Union that had a very separate sense of identity, of… — Fiona Hill Chechnya Copy Share Image
President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC. They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political… — Fiona Hill Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over… — Fiona Hill Chechnya Copy Share Image
In the instance of Iran for Russia, Iran is a very important counterweight to the Sunni Muslim powers in the Gulf, but… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
