Around the world Quote by Adam Schiff

Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead.

— Malcolm Nance

Russia is bent on world domination.

— Margaret Thatcher

I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back…

— Vladimir Sorokin

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

— Jack Keane

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

It was always presumptuous to expect Russia, an ancient nation-state and proud empire of distinct culture with a tradition of autocracy, to become an…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.

— Garry Kasparov

Russia is a country that has supported, propped up the worst of anti-democratic regimes in the Middle East, that has practiced - mistreated its…

— Mark Shields

Autocratic leadership existed in Russia for many centuries, changing only its ideological colors and method of legitimization.

— Lilia Shevtsova

Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

— Alexei Navalny

The example of Russia reminds us that keeping up that enormous dead weight of the security apparatus required to enforce the ideological conformity to…

— David Graeber