I can Quote by Angela Merkel

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

— Helmut Kohl

Germany, because of the fact and the perception of a special relationship with Russia, is the only one who can influence Russian debate. Russians…

— Ivan Krastev

Let me speak for myself: The Russians are not our friends.

— Mitch McConnell

Russia is not our friend.

— Anonymous

Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.

— Valentina Matviyenko

Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will say this…

— Daniel Fried

Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Maybe some Ukrainians would like to have Sweden or Canada for a neighbor, but we have Russia.

— Petro Poroshenko

When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.

— Sergei Ivanov

When Russia is at war, we are, of course, on Russia's side.

— Margarita Simonyan

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

— Vladimir Putin

Russia is bent on world domination.

— Margaret Thatcher