Country Quote by Masha Gessen

Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to…

— Courtney Act

We talk a great deal about Russia today, and I'm afraid that in twenty years, we and Russia will be more similar than different.

— Erich Fromm

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

There's the hypothesis that things just keep happening to Russians, things that keep turning them into the same kind of subjects, as opposed to…

— Masha Gessen

“About immigrants from Russia: Soviet consciousness overlapped with the new American spirits has formed a specific and divisive culture. This culture is full of…

— Leo Pevsner

In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has…

— Gary Shteyngart

“The peoples of the Soviet Union, in many respects, impress me as people who can not yet afford to be honest. When they can…

— Audre Lorde

I think the US and Russia are mirroring each other and they have this love/hate relationship since the Cold War. You feel it when…

— Sophie Barthes

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong points for…

— Gilbert Melendez

There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov