Soviet union Quote by Andrea White

“There are many Ukrainians that are okay with Russia taking control of the country, as it used to be a Russian state.”

— Steven Magee

Mr. Gorbachev initiated Glasnost, Perestroika, so he was already, you know, way disenchanted with the rigid Communist ideology, and he was looking to become…

— Deepak Chopra

“The cities of Russia and Poland were burned, their inhabitants tortured and massacred, with the consequence that progress was retarded for centuries. Almost”

— T. Lothrop Stoddard

“Russians consider themselves civilized Europeans, but have to endure the humiliation of daily encounters with officials that belong in a squalid dictatorship.”

— Oliver Bullough

“I couldn t help but say to Mr. Gorbachev just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we…

— Ronald Reagan

“In Warsaw, you also remember that you are in a Communist-controlled country, though by all accounts the control is now humane and lenient, judged…

— Martha Gellhorn

“In many ways the recent history of the Ukraine can be seen as an intensified version of the history of our era. Most of…

— Michael Moorcock

“The Russian contribution to peace in Ukraine is not sufficient. [German Chancellor commenting on 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea]”

— Angela Merkel

“When reason, common sense, and decency are assaulted often enough, then personality is crippled, and human intelligence disintegrates or is warped. The barrier between…

— Frank Ellis

“In Russia, perhaps truth and tragedy were always intertwined.”

— Laura Rose

“The Ukraine is still under Russian influence, even if they did give us independence. Ethnic Russians number 22% of our population. The facts remain…

— Nicholas Anderson

“Kiev, you understand, is a medieval city full of wild superstition and mysticism. It has always been the heart of Russian reaction. The Black…

— Bernard Malamud