Aggravation Quote by Anonymous

The political elite in Russia don't want domestic reform, they aren't ready for it. As such, they welcome an external threat. You have to…

— Sergey Karaganov

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to…

— Warren Christopher

“The policy and practice of the Russian Government has always been to push forward its encroachments as fast and as far as the apathy…

— Lord Palmerston

We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts at external…

— Daniel Fried

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

— Oscar Wilde

I understand reform to mean the perfection of what previous generations have already done. I'm not an advocate of destroying, 'kroshat,' and then selling…

— Alexander Lukashenko

Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.

— Jack Keane

The way I think of it is that Russia is not going to change fundamentally. They may change tactics; they may look at their…

— Kurt Volker

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his…

— Anonymous

Fool, nothing is impossible in Russia but reform.

— Oscar Wilde

“The general will be joining us, shortly.” [..] A Revision officer dropping the brother in front of a rank was the most threatening thing…

— Aleksandr Voinov

Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands…

— Vladimir Sorokin