Independent Quote by Alexei Navalny

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat.

— Margarita Simonyan

The West, both the elites (consciously) and ordinary people (sub-consciously), want Russia to go to hell; to disappear, drown, explode. It is because Russia…

— Andre Vltchek

Russia despises the West. And is doing what it can to weaken the West.

— Daniel Fried

Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to…

— Courtney Act

Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they…

— Daniel Fried

Unlike the former Soviet Union that respected the strength of West, Putin's Russia ignores talk of sanctions, claims land, and supports rebels in Ukraine…

— Mike Pence

On climate change, Russia's interests are aligned with the West rather than the South.

— Sanjaya Baru

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic…

— Vladimir Putin

I am not against working with Russia in areas of common interests at the same time. We're smart enough, or we should be smart…

— Daniel Fried

We had in the West a very romantic vision of Russia back in 1991, when the Soviet Union died and whatever is Russia began…

— Marvin Kalb

America does, in the future, need to have a conversation with and try to move forward with Russia.

— Philip M. Breedlove