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 Copy Share Image
I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
Russia's invasion of Georgia in August 2008 should have dispelled any remaining doubts about Putin's determination to prevent Georgia and Ukraine from… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough. — Sergey Karaganov Copy Share Image
If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin. — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
“In Russia they put you in insane asylums if you disagree with the state: it's not so different here. Keep the natives… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million… — Amjad M. Jaimoukha Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton talks tough against Russia. But our nuclear program has fallen way behind, and they've gone wild with their nuclear program.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In 2008, Putin's message was, 'We aren't like a Central Asian republic, we aren't going to build a personalistic regime, we will… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland,… — John Higgins Copy Share Image
When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you… — Grigori Rasputin Copy Share Image
With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the Soviet Union than the one we have toward… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin… — Alan Parsons Copy Share Image
I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Putin. And I think I would have a very, very good… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close… — Rashid Khalidi Copy Share Image
I'm sure that Donald Trump's praise would lead to good relations with Vladimir Putin. But I think that's not what the American… — Philip Gordon Copy Share Image
I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
We put a lot of money into Russia after the fall of the Berlin Wall, trying to support it economically, trying to… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
As I was growing up, you know, I'm a white Jewish American born to Holocaust parents. My father fled Nazi Germany in… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
I think it's safe to say that the Russians are extremely interested in anything that has to do with the U.S. political… — Dmitri Alperovitch Copy Share Image
If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I really do believe that much of what coming out of Donald Trump's mouth was a play from Vladimir Putin's playbook. — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
“We are all dead. All equal. Broken and aimless and believing we are alive. This is Russia and it is 1952. What… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Russia has used funds to support extreme political parties and entities in the United Kingdom, France, Austria and Germany in order to… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
I think there was certainly contact between the Trump campaign and Russians, which is perfectly normal. All campaigns in the modern age… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“As in 1917, the drift towards authoritarian government under Putin was enabled by the weakness of the middle classes and public institutions… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
Putin has all the power under his control, all the security forces, all the billions of dollars he needs. It's mad to… — Ksenia Sobchak 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 Copy Share Image
I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
The Russians are bent on establishing both a presence in the Western Hemisphere, and they're looking for opportunities to expand military cooperation:… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
Let's be clear: Has the U.S. ever made any mistakes? Of course.Is the U.S. at all like [Vladimir] Putin's regime? Not at… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
I'm proud of Russia, that's true. And we have something to be proud of, but we do not have any obsession with… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
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