Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God…

The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation…

— Angela Merkel

What Secretary Ash Carter is looking at is the constant pressure that Russia's putting on our European allies. The way that Russia is trying…

— Hillary Clinton

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying that NATO…

— Hillary Clinton

Of course one always has to follow international law. This was also the case in Crimea. According to the Charter of the United Nations,…

— Vladimir Putin

The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.

— Vladimir Putin

Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea.

— Jeremy Corbyn

No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat - look no further than their invasion of Crimea.

— Seth Moulton

Putin never wanted all of Ukraine. He wanted for historical purposes to take Crimea. He did. Then he wanted a part of Ukraine that…

— Marvin Kalb

There's an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates and the truth of the matter is the weak and…

— Mike Pence

I love the Altai Mountains. Crimea, despite all the conflict, is a remarkable place historically, culturally and physically. The mountains drop down into the…

— Tim Cope

If NATO troops walk in Crimea, they will immediately deploy their forces there. Such a move would be geopolitically sensitive for us because, in…

— Vladimir Putin

I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his…

— Bernie Sanders

The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion, when the…

— Vladimir Putin

There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the Russian population,…

— Vladimir Putin

America does, in the future, need to have a conversation with and try to move forward with Russia. But what we don't need is…

— Philip M. Breedlove