George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has embarked on a systematic challenge to the West. The goal is to weaken the bonds between Europe… — Ivo Daalder Copy Share Image
My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If Britain pursues a more independent foreign policy, it might be possible then. And if it is guided by commitments to its… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Now how about this, ladies and gentlemen? The Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has announced she is stepping down. She will no… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Some people say Russia is running at 50 percent of its gross domestic product under that during the Communist period. In fact,… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
“Perestroika was an impossible idea on the face of it. The Party was setting out to employ its structures of command to… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“The New START accord cuts the strategic nuclear arsenals on each side to 1,550 warheads. Can any of its critics make a… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Eighty percent of our gas transits through Ukraine, which was the motive behind our Ukrainian colleagues' decision to start to blackmail us… — Alexander Medvedev Copy Share Image
I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
The Anglo-Americans want the balance of power in Eurasia. The only balance of power they can achieve now is the whole of… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
I can absolutely tell you that the FSB are rigged up to collect as much compromising information against any target they consider… — Andrei Soldatov Copy Share Image
Russia spends enormous, senseless amounts of money on the army and the police. We have one of the top rankings in the… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
There's a Russia angle to all this, because remember, we don't have Donald Trump's tax returns. He did a very - relative… — Norman L. Eisen Copy Share Image
Russia went into Syria basically to support President Bashar al-Assad. And the Western allies have said Russia's really done very little against… — Corey Flintoff Copy Share Image
Putin has an obvious problem. His country's economy is in stagnation. He needs to constantly be pointing a figure at who is… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I would like to see Russia develop as democratically as possible. But when we judge Russia we must also consider where the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
This is not only a matter of relations between Russia and the United States. In my view, any restrictions in the economic… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they have the bomb but weaker because of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There used to be the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. There used to be Soviet troops in the GDR. And we… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There is no equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom loving nation in the history of the world, and… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I'm not sure about whether Ukraine will ever be joining. As long as there's a frozen conflict on Ukrainian territory, they can't… — Kimberly Zisk Marten Copy Share Image
Anything that is missing in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement is - without any exception - up to the Kiev central… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“When Kissinger flew into Petersburg for a visit, it was Vladimir Putin who met him at the airport and took him to… — Steven Lee Myers Copy Share Image
“I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did… — Edward Grey Copy Share Image
I don't much enjoy travelling, but I have always longed to take a slow train to Russia. I'd like to go alone… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
In Maidan Square right now, you see thousands of Ukrainians protesting the Russian occupation of Crimea. So this is a Russian protest… — Kelly Ayotte Copy Share Image
As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
There are certain people in the United States and they want to and they insist on, upon using Russian card in their… — Dmitry Peskov Copy Share Image
“About Russia: Ironically, in the country where common people’s dislike and fear of their state takes place, we can hear much more… — Leo Pevsner Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the relations between the United Kingdom and Russia have not developed in the best possible way; however, it has never been… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We are at this moment where what concerns me is that we're all so caught up in Donald Trump, James Comey, and… — Angus King Copy Share Image
I am gay. I am a Jew. My mother lost over a dozen of her family to Hitler's anti-Semitism. Every time in… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
![“My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where our values and interests align. But that the president-elect also is willing to stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/547/barack-obama-17_approach_my-hope-is-that-the-president-elect-dona_1197102.jpg)
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