Russia Quotes · Page 19

The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.

— Joseph Wechsberg

He [Vladimir Putin] will not be able to push Donald Trump around the world. Believe me.

— Rudy Giuliani

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

— Oscar Wilde

“move by Ukraine to join NATO, which the Kremlin says is a major threat to Russian security.”

— Anonymous

We have put in the toughest, most crippling sanctions ever.

— Barack Obama

If we are Russian citizens, treat us as Russian citizens. We want equality and justice.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

According to international law, Crimea is Ukraine's. Period.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Zelensky's mastery of communication clearly wounds Russia deeply.

— Cathy Newman

The Trump administration's assault against the FBI's efforts to assess a national security threat posed by suspected foreign agents only raises more…

— Asha Rangappa

“If we found a video of the president performing Cossack dances while Vladimir Putin claps, we would probably just demand the same…

— Timothy Snyder

The policy of Russia is changeless. Its methods, its tactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy, world…

— Karl Marx

When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and…

— Kelly Ayotte

I think often people know about Rasputin in Russian history - but know only a little bit. He's an interesting man, who…

— Sergei Polunin

“Russians are easy to spot, even if you dress them like Buckingham Palace guards. They are “the white people who look seriously…

— Pavel Tsatsouline

America is always fighting. We're the one that wants to go to World War III with Russia over Ukraine. So we're the…

— Donald Trump

On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The one thing I learned is that the Russians are some of the most cunning people on earth. They never do anything…

— David Baldacci

When our embassy is attacked in Benghazi by terrorists and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Russia invades…

— Carly Fiorina

A foreign threat is useful to put things in order in one's own camp, to make one's allies follow the bloc discipline.…

— Vladimir Putin

For two years now, my office has had the honour and the privilege of sponsoring seminars on the functioning of government in…

— John Allen Fraser

Hillary Clinton is seen as a joke. If Putin wanted anybody to win the 2016 election, it would have been Hillary Clinton,…

— Rush Limbaugh

In my opinion, this vicious circle will be broken by history itself. Because sticking to the current form of governance, which is…

— Garry Kasparov

Russia and China, when they were communist-like adversaries, they didn't participate. They're participating now in the world with us. They're trading monetary…

— Wesley Clark

Some among the European elite have sought out confrontation with us. As a consequence, we won't help Europe, although we could do…

— Sergey Karaganov

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

— Winston Churchill

I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.

— Garry Kasparov

Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all.

— Anna Netrebko

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.

— James Thurber

“He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers.”

— Victor Serge

A united, confident America should easily be able to counter Putin's whataboutism.

— Miranda Devine

Don't forget, America is a very powerful nuclear country and so is Russia. There's no up-side.

— Donald Trump

So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC.

— Julian Assange

“She was, after all, a mattress owner and understood the subtleties of life.”

— Ilya Ilf

Obama's 'reset' with Russia and 'pivot' to Asia never materialized.

— Pete Hoekstra

I don't want to suggest that Trump is emulating Putin. Trump is his own creation.

— Fiona Hill

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.

— Brent Scowcroft

I'm going to Russia to knockout Kovalev - it's that simple.

— Anthony Yarde

In the United States national security interests to have a working relationship with Russia.

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

If there is a showdown, two enormous nations, Russia and China, standing side-by-side, will defeat fascism!

— Andre Vltchek

The Olympics create a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia.

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova