Aggression Quote by Daniel Fried

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not…

— Fareed Zakaria

I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its…

— Daniel Fried

In my opinion, this vicious circle will be broken by history itself. Because sticking to the current form of governance, which is to say…

— Garry Kasparov

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 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

I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on…

— Marquis de Custine

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

— Oscar Wilde

Russia is tough. The history, the land, the people - brutal.

— Henry Rollins

Putin has made life difficult for a lot of Russia's richest men; they don't like the sanctions; they don't like the war with the…

— Anne Applebaum

The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks.

— Emo Philips

“Entire civilizations in history had ceased to exist. How had life in them felt in the last decades and days? Russia and the Russians…

— Masha Gessen

Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for the Russian…

— Vladimir Putin