Difficult Quote by Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s.

— Daniel Fried

Russia is like a dinosaur. A lot of time is needed for change to reach the tail from the head.

— Alexander Lebed

History tells me that when the Russians come to a country they don't go back.

— Mohammed Daoud

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag…

— Valentina Tereshkova

“From the moment I bought my ticket, I had a premonition I wasn’t returning to New York anytime soon. You Know, this happens a…

— Gary Shteyngart

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

— Alexei Navalny

Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.

— Oleg Deripaska

Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they…

— Daniel Fried

The situation in the [North Caucasus ] region can easily get out of control if the capital inflow is interrupted. It is apparent, even…

— Garry Kasparov

I think that right now the West understands Russia better than before and feels a much greater wariness toward it. I think that, if…

— Vladimir Voinovich

Russia, Russia-unwashed, backward, appealing Russia, so ashamed of your own backwardness, so orientally determined to conceal it from us by clever deceit.

— George F. Kennan

With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think the real…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski