Attack Quote by Ivan Krastev

Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Ironically, from our perspective, Russia finds Iran a stabilizing force. This is because Iran provides a counterweight to all of the Sunni Muslim powers…

— Fiona Hill

As for the eastern part of the former Soviet Union, the picture is rather uniform. Authoritarian structures prevail to differing extents. But we can…

— Garry Kasparov

A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But…

— Adam Michnik

“Like most regimes not based on genuine popular support in an era of open access to information, Putin’s is inherently unstable and requires vigilant…

— Gregory Feifer

The example of Russia reminds us that keeping up that enormous dead weight of the security apparatus required to enforce the ideological conformity to…

— David Graeber

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

I'm no apologist for Russia or the Assad regime, but actually, this has been staring us in the face for a number of years…

— Jeremy Hunt

Russia is a country that has supported, propped up the worst of anti-democratic regimes in the Middle East, that has practiced - mistreated its…

— Mark Shields

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.

— Natan Sharansky

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

— Golda Meir

A regime, an established order, is rarely overthrown by a revolutionary movement; usually a regime collapses of its own weakness and corruption and then…

— Walter Lippmann