Direct Quote by Al Franken

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

— Vladimir Putin

The Russian leadership doesn't operate in the same way as ours does. Informal networks have a much more important role to play than formal…

— Fiona Hill

Russia is one of the places where significant presence of social networks are driven by domestic players right now.

— Yuri Milner

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have…

— Yuri Milner

There is state-run television in Russia, which is more loyal to the state, as it always is with state television in any country. We…

— Margarita Simonyan

People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it.

— Kersti Kaljulaid

This is how the Russians have operated for years - they get the goods on people and then they can get you to do…

— Richard Painter

The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette…

— Marc Almond

Russian membership in the World Trade Organization has the potential to strengthen the rule of law, combat corruption, and give Russia a stake in…

— Richard N. Haass

With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It…

— Barack Obama

Long after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian state and its security operatives still know who their long embedded human assets are,…

— Gerard Batten

One of the things that I really value about Russian culture is that on the private level it allows for a huge amount of…

— Masha Gessen