Association Quote by Garry Kasparov

For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in office, he…

— Masha Gessen

To describe Russian politics as "managed democracy" - and that's sometimes hard for outsiders to understand, because a lot of the forms of democracy…

— Anne Applebaum

In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the…

— Alexei Navalny

Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia.

— Alexei Navalny

When Congress and the general public disagree simply along party lines, the Russians are winning.

— Will Hurd

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

The Russians win when we allow our intelligence community to be politicized, when we allow political opposition research to function as a basis for…

— Matt Gaetz

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

— Vladimir Putin

We have variety of politicians in every country. And we have a variety of politicians in the United States. Some of them are saying…

— Dmitry Peskov

Russians absolutely not trying to meddle with the election of Donald Trump. I discussed that with the president-elect. Those conversations never happened. I hear…

— Kellyanne Conway

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

— Garry Kasparov

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova