About Quote by Masha Gessen

I was a political journalist for a long time. I wrote a book about Putin. I made all kinds of trouble.

— Masha Gessen

I do a very good impersonation of an American - I went to high school here - but I've spent most of my life…

— Masha Gessen

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited…

— David Remnick

I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even…

— Jeremy Northam

For years before my Navy enlistment, I had studied the Soviet Union and the KGB's history of political intrigue in preparation for a career…

— Malcolm Nance

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and…

— Chrystia Freeland

I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy.

— Daniel Silva

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and…

— Elton John

I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on.

— Kevin J. Anderson

When I first went to Moscow, I had a chance to meet with some important people over there.

— Antonio Inoki

My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.

— Vladimir Putin

I was sent to Russia in 1994 by the Clinton administration to meddle in Russian elections and stayed seven years doing it.

— Michael Caputo