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In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should…

— Edward Grey

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel…

— Edward Grey

The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was…

— Vladimir Putin

Just take Kosovo: back then, UN bodies decided that Kosovo should become independent of Serbia and that the interests of Serbia's central government had…

— Vladimir Putin

After the unlawful decision to recognize Kosovo, everyone expected Russia to respond by recognizing the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This…

— Vladimir Putin

At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each…

— Klaus Fuchs

At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight…

— Klaus Fuchs

Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts…

— Ibrahim Rugova

Finally Germany's attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the…

— Klaus Fuchs

At the end of the Cold War, the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong, and Russia was weak and did…

— Bill Bradley

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

— John Burns

There is something predetermined in the mutual attraction between Germany and Russia. Otherwise, this attraction would not have survived two ghastly World Wars.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn