Demand Quote by Dmitry Medvedev

Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough

— Kenneth Rogoff

Russia was dependent on China growing and driving the demand for its commodities: oil, gas and minerals. China was an alternative to Europe.

— Fiona Hill

Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW…

— Martin Winterkorn

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of…

— Henry L. Stimson

It's important to Russia to be able to attract capital and to attract technology to develop their oil fields, their oil and gas fields,…

— Condoleezza Rice

Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

— Christopher A. Pissarides

In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the…

— Lester R. Brown

On many key global economic issues, Russia's loyalty is divided between the West and the South. As an energy exporter, it stands opposite energy…

— Sanjaya Baru

It's estimated that about 30 percent of the increase in grain prices could be attributed to the decision to embrace biofuels, particularly corn-based ethanol.…

— Michael Pollan

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

— Joe Biden

It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water…

— Lester R. Brown

Unfortunately, I think we could see that fairly early in 2015: The cloud of economic weakness in Russia is spreading over Europe. It has…

— Charles Dallara