Russia Quotes by Ivan Krastev

America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together,…

— Ivan Krastev

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

— Ivan Krastev

[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand.

— Ivan Krastev

For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S.

— Ivan Krastev

The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged…

— Ivan Krastev

The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned…

— Ivan Krastev

It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately…

— Ivan Krastev

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

— Ivan Krastev

True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preserving the European nature of its regime.

— Ivan Krastev

The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and…

— Ivan Krastev

For the Kremlin, it is more feasible to preserve its great-power status in cooperation with the United States than in confrontation.

— Ivan Krastev

Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies have been,…

— Ivan Krastev

As a rule, governments monitor people.

— Ivan Krastev

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.

— Ivan Krastev

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their…

— Ivan Krastev