Advancing Quote by Queen Victoria

Lord, save Russia and bring her peace.

— Nicholas II of Russia

There are plenty of reasons for hope. There need be no war with Russia, and those who would fight her now, on the theory…

— Harold W. Dodds

We'll let the Grand Duchess Anastasia have her moment. And then we'll kill her!

— Grigori Rasputin

“The Empire would love to rip Ukraine from Moscow’s bosom, evict the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and establish a US military and/or NATO presence…

— William Blum

“wired Sofia to find out what to do about him. Though the country was ruled by Czar Boris and his army officers and the…

— Alan Furst

Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants to be. And as we know…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'

— Vladimir Putin

We are a Russian group and we want to change the situation in Russia. We criticize our own government and it would be strange…

— Yekaterina Samutsevich

The Finnish way of dealing with Russia, whatever the situation, is that we will be very decisive to show what we don't like, where…

— Sauli Niinisto

Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times.

— John McCain

But there are realities governing what they can do. And Ukraine cannot live with the false image that somehow or another the West will…

— Marvin Kalb

Now that we've made that decision, everyone is thinking about the practical consequences and I think Theresa May could be the most challenging prime…

— Jeremy Hunt