Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact:… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking defector from the former Soviet bloc, says the KGB killed dissident Alexander Litvinenko precisely because he spilled… — Cliff Kincaid Copy Share Image
In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia… — George Orwell 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
Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Putin is a leader of his country. I say it's better to get along with Russia than not. And if Russia helps… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The Russians are using the tools at their disposal to weaken Western solidarity, to create doubt, to support nationalist parties, just as… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
President Bush Sr. and Secretary Baker, way back when, told Gorbachev, "We are not going to advance NATO into Eastern Europe. We're… — Rashid Khalidi Copy Share Image
The thing that I focus on because I don't think it gets enough attention is that among the world's major powers, there… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
If we want to defeat Islamic State, we first have to arrive at a cease-fire agreement in Syria. Once that has been… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
“Here is a riddle not for us contemporaries to figure out: Why is Germany allowed to punish its evildoers and Russia is… — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“It was partly the war, the revolution did the rest. The war was an artificial break in life-- as if life could… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
The refugee problem is definitely a disaster for the entire region. Putin - the refugee problem in Chechnya was largely contained inside… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I'm not going… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“The corpses were hauled away on sledges or on carts, depending on the time of the year. Sometimes, for convenience, they used… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
You can talk all you want about Russia, which is all a, you know, fake news fabricated deal to try to make… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For 40 years we were led to think of the Russians as godless, materialistic and an evil empire. When the Cold War… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
If anything good is going to emerge out of this, it's going to be the result of an acceptable modus vivendi between… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
Well, I mean, Russia was responsible for shooting down MH17. Russia was responsible for invading Ukraine. Russia is responsible for taking away… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
“Before, when I was ordered to consider him intelligent, I kept on trying to and I considered myself stupid for not seeing… — Leo Tolstoy Joel Carmichael translator Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be lowering standards for NATO membership; we have to insist on democracy, reform, market economy, anti-corruption, reformed military, contributions to… — Kurt Volker Copy Share Image
There's the hypothesis that things just keep happening to Russians, things that keep turning them into the same kind of subjects, as… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
U.S. commitment to NATO and our commitments our European partners is not an act of charity. It's not a gift that we… — Derek Chollet Copy Share Image
“In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being – no colour prejudice like in Mississippi, no colour… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
“The men were smashing windows and aiming their weapons through them. The driver had opened the door and was shouting for the… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
Tens of millions of Russian people died, fighting all sorts of Western expansionism. They defeated Nazism. They helped to liberate much of… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
What you have in President Trump is someone who is willing to, and is, in fact, engaging the world, including Russia, and… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
“Don’t let him piss off the press, don’t let him piss off the Republican Party, don’t threaten congressmen because they will fuck… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Part of the problem that we have currently in the Middle East is that[Bashar] Assad has hung on to power with the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Rising political tribalism, shamelessly exaggerating our opponents' claims or behavior, is leaving us vulnerable: No one loves America's internal fighting - and… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
The big issue is whether Ukraine is successful as a country. Democracy. Market economy. Prosperity. Security. And so on. And whether we… — Kurt Volker Copy Share Image
Hezbollah, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, they all have ties to Iranian money. I think they are the biggest exist - existential threat... Russia could… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Sergei Magnitsky was an incredibly intelligent, principled and idealistic man who was this sort of positive face of the new Russia. He… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps - the dollar area on the one… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Today, the West is confronted by the powers that seek to test our will, undermine our confidence, and challenge our interests. To… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
![“Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security and a comfortable environment to express their will. We did that. But it would not have been possible without the Crimeans' own strong resolution.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e2/vladimir-putin-261_comfortable_our-task-was-not-to-conduct-a-full-fledg_1746745.jpg)
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