Aggression Quote by Daniel Fried

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

— Sergey Karaganov

The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us.

— Alexander Lukashenko

The West's sanctions are not aimed at helping Ukraine, but at geo-politically pushing Russia back. They are foolish and are merely harming both sides.

— Vladimir Putin

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy.

— Steve Hanke

Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline…

— Vladimir Putin

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

— Vladimir Putin

At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The…

— Samantha Power

Russia will honour its international commitments. Our country is a reliable borrower, a reliable creditor and a reliable supplier. Sanctions come and go, but…

— Dmitry Medvedev

The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings…

— Federica Mogherini

Tough sanctions would mean saying to BP, Exxon, Chevron, Shell, Boeing and Siemens that they can't do business in Russia.

— Fiona Hill

People take the lazy way out, and do not regard Putin and the Kremlin as the real enemy. They create a long but erroneous…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

— Sergei Lavrov