Vladimir Putin wants to become the de facto head of an illiberal, xenophobic, hypernationalist trend in world politics. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
I would like to see Russia not invade Ukraine or put pressure on and threaten Baltic states. But we live in the… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Trump's election is part of an international trend that's no less alarming, in Britain, in France, in Germany, in Austria. Vladimir Putin… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is going to have to live in the real world in which Vladimir Putin is exactly who he presents himself… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The internet is very democratizing in some ways, but it also has other effects. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
We can hope that the responsibilities and realities will weigh on Donald Trump and he will not be the president we fear, but rather… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The future is itself a story, and predictions are stories we tell to amaze ourselves, to give hope to the desperate, to jolt the… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
“One cannot exclude the possibility of a fascist period in Russia,” Staravoitova said on the radio station Echo of Moscow. “We can see too… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
My time as editor has been overlapped by a crisis - a prolonged, labyrinthine, tragic, seemingly non-ending crisis - that involves the prehistory of… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Democratic institutions, even in the oldest operating democracy in the world, are anything but perfect. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Donald Trump seems to think it is within his rights to trample the First Amendment, to disdain the press, to punish protesters or flag-burners,… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The Communist Party apparatus was the most gigantic mafia the world has ever known. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The only reason the word "brand" gets a little tiresome is that something that is complex and wonderful and deep begins to sound like… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
I got in journalism for any number of reasons, not least because it's so much fun. Journalism should be in the business of putting… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
