Chinese Quote by Garry Kasparov

Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has embarked on a systematic challenge to the West. The goal is to weaken the bonds between Europe and the…

— Ivo Daalder

Putin needs strong moves to keep the country as one. There is some criticism that he is centralizing power, but in Russia, if you…

— Anatoly Karpov

It sometimes seems to me that some of our Western partners do not want Russia to fully recover. They would like Russia to be…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The Americans have gone through 150 years of ups and downs, to pull themselves up out of the mud. After only 15 years, Russia…

— Anatoly Chubais

When vital interests are at stake, countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure their security. There is no reason to think…

— John Mearsheimer

Behind the mask of diplomatic and political cooperation and partnership with the United States and Europe, the current Russian leaders are following the strategy…

— Anatoliy Golitsyn

It should come as no surprise that Russia continues its effort to manipulate Western democracies in a way to sow discord and disagreements between…

— Tom Cotton

Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they…

— Daniel Fried

Russia is a major power; it should live up to its international responsibilities.

— David Lidington

Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and advanced submarines;…

— James G. Stavridis

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature.…

— Ashton Carter

Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about…

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky