Change Quote by Dasha Zhukova

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

Any suggestion that the most open and diverse society on the planet is likely to in any way resemble Russia requires a suspension of…

— Newt Gingrich

We talk a great deal about Russia today, and I'm afraid that in twenty years, we and Russia will be more similar than different.

— Erich Fromm

We have been getting out of the situation where we found ourselves in the early '90s, when the Soviet Union disappeared and the Russian…

— Sergei Lavrov

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in…

— Maria Sharapova

Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to…

— Courtney Act

There's the hypothesis that things just keep happening to Russians, things that keep turning them into the same kind of subjects, as opposed to…

— Masha Gessen

I have great love and respect for Russian history and culture. But the world is changing and Russia is too. Russia is part of…

— Vladimir Putin

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

— Alexei Navalny

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Russia has a long history of propaganda and trying to influence various nation's cultures and elections. It's happening. They seem to have stepped up…

— Dan Coats

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep…

— Vladimir Putin