If I ever get to meet Vladimir Putin, I will probably take my top off and challenge him to an erotically charged… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever… — Ross Perot Copy Share Image
I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are! — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky Copy Share Image
I don't believe Vladimir Putin is a killer, a threat to France, to others in this region. Nothing Vladimir Putin has done… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10,… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Contrary to the conventional wisdom in the West, Moscow did not invade Ukraine to conquer it and make it part of a… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
My government revoked my passport intentionally to leave me exiled. If they really wanted to capture me, they would've allowed me to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
In Russia itself the proletariat conquered in spite of the fact that there was no Soviet State in existence at the time… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
The fact that the union of different nationalities and denominations resulted from the liberation, this is particularly symbolic and important for our… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The China of the 1970s was a communist dictatorship. The China of the twenty-first century is a one-party state without a firm… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“Given how carefully choreographed Mr Putin’s public appearances are, the question itself touched a nerve in Kazakhstan. The country’s single greatest uncertainty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The last time I was in Japan as President of Russia was 11 years ago, if memory serves. I later visited in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We never make editorial decisions with people who are working closely with Vladimir Putin, unless you consider myself a person who is… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
Mr. Putin's goal is to push Russia's borders farther west, to control Ukraine's substantial agricultural exports and natural resources, and to destabilize… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
I have no illusions. Of course, Russia is massively upgrading its military. We know that Russia is pursuing a policy of expansion.… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
The New York Times carries as much weight as the FBI, and if the New York Times says there's nothing to see… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Look at the US, look at Russia. Both of these countries are immense geographical territories. But, nowadays, immense territories amount to nothing! — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
I am a very strong supporter of our government's view that it is important to engage with all countries around the world… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump thinks of Putin as being a strong person, and I think he thinks of himself as being a… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I'm sorry to say this, but Putin is spreading lies. He is doing this with the goal of removing Stalin's Russia responsibility… — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
Russia is a direct threat to our NATO allies in the Baltics and in Poland as well as a threat to peace… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
As long as Ukraine continues to conduct operations and continues to work to take back its sovereign territory, we'll be there with… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend… — Valentina Matviyenko Copy Share Image
NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If an opportunity came up again in Russia then I would have to say no but if it was somewhere else then… — Javi Gracia Copy Share Image
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
The Americans have gone through 150 years of ups and downs, to pull themselves up out of the mud. After only 15… — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
“Russians consider themselves civilized Europeans, but have to endure the humiliation of daily encounters with officials that belong in a squalid dictatorship.” — Oliver Bullough Copy Share Image
Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image