The controversy over Russian gas deliveries shines a glaring spotlight on the risks involved in this industry. In an energy NATO, EU… — Lech Kaczynski Copy Share Image
“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I have great love and respect for Russian history and culture. But the world is changing and Russia is too. Russia is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is leading a dying country. Vladimir Putin's regime exports three things: petroleum products - coal, natural gas, and hydrocarbon energy… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
In Russia there is great interethnic hatred, class hatred - I mean hatred for wealthy people - that is stirred up by… — Boris Nemtsov Copy Share Image
Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for. This country is basically built on an… — Luke Scott Copy Share Image
The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
To most ... of us, Russia was as mysterious and remote as the other side of the moon and not much more… — Herbert York Copy Share Image
Trump's tendency is to rub shoulders with dictators. We have seen this with his attitude toward Russia and also toward the present… — Lawrence Davidson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is much more suspicious of international institutions; much more skeptical of the contributions that America's traditional allies have made; more… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
“Many will argue that such views of Putin are hyperbolic. As I watch politics in the UK and US implode under Russia’s… — J.J. Patrick Copy Share Image
We don't have a choice. A united democratic Eurasian continent welded together by common economic interests is our only hope and contribution… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
[Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia.… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
Both China and Russia felt duped by the U.N. 'no-fly' zone resolution regarding Libya in 2011 that eventually led to the ouster… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“I finish writing the emails and send them. I check that Yulia has access to the banking apps-a fairly pointless exercise because… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
When Iran continues to get away with bad behavior, what do our allies who are Iran's enemies think about us? It is… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a… — Daniel Gros Copy Share Image
The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is that somehow the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“From the moment I bought my ticket, I had a premonition I wasn’t returning to New York anytime soon. You Know, this… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Specifically in reference to Iran, Donald Trump will not be able to renegotiate the nuclear arms pact. His attempt to do so… — Lawrence Davidson Copy Share Image
First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“It began two years earlier when Karetnikov seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in broad daylight and dared the West to make… — Matt Fulton Copy Share Image
After the unlawful decision to recognize Kosovo, everyone expected Russia to respond by recognizing the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
[ Rajiv Gandhi] was very reflective and rueful and regretful about the fact that his children's education...He wanted them to get educated… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Everybody used to talk about Chechnya as a place, in the Russian imperial and Soviet periods, that was essentially governed by extended… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Hours before the Georgian invasion, Russia had been working to secure a United Nations Security Council statement calling for a renunciation of… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
We had a very good situation in 2005. The common budget had a volume of 80 billion dollars per year. Thousands of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
At this point, I don't care much where I live. I don't feel as attached to Russia's native woods as I was… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
“The Empire would love to rip Ukraine from Moscow’s bosom, evict the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and establish a US military and/or… — William Blum Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The European Union and Russia have an identical viewpoint. We have condemned any potential revision of the ABM treaty, believing that such… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
If anybody is so mad at Vladimir Putin, you know what they could do? They could advocate for a gas tax. He… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“I think I was actually channelling my grandfather,’ she admitted. ‘He lived right out in the woods in this little cottage and… — Emma Jackson Copy Share Image
![“To most ... of us, Russia was as mysterious and remote as the other side of the moon and not much more productive when it came to really new ideas or inventions. A common joke of the time [mid 1940s] said that the Russians could not surreptitiously introduce nuclear bombs in suitcases into the…” quote by Herbert York](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/herbert-york-79447_ability_to-most-of-us-russia-was-as-mysterious-a_649743.jpg)
![“[Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia. He wasn't like this earlier on, he could be very funny in our small group, very relaxed, teasing and it was just a relaxed atmosphere.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/gretl-braun-9500_atmosphere_interminable-monologues-became-an-issue_2954326.jpg)
![“[ Rajiv Gandhi] was very reflective and rueful and regretful about the fact that his children's education...He wanted them to get educated outside of India, but he said to me the only place that he found where they would be safe was in Russia, and he didn't really want them to be educated there!…” quote by Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/bob-hawke-7891_australia_rajiv-gandhi-was-very-reflective-and-rue_838896.jpg)
