Quote by Mark Greaney
““Russia was a kleptocracy, all the power in the hands of a corrupt few. The term thrown around these days was “elite capture”; the privileged of the nation had taken over the democratic process, wresting the power from the masses through bribery, election rigging, and other underhanded tactics.””
![“But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West.” quote by Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/427/garry-kasparov-910_businessman_but-we-must-not-forget-the-effort-undert_2786130.jpg)
![“The only real recourse that [Russian] people had against tsarist rule was violence and rebellion. It was once remarked that Russia's constitution was "absolutism moderated by assassination.” quote by Alan Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38a/alan-beattie-94282_humor_the-only-real-recourse-that-russian-peop_2942615.jpg)
