Away Quote by Richard Engel

I think in Russia's case, they want to have a Ukraine that is pro-Russian, Russia-friendly, a government they can work with. And yet, by…

— Kurt Volker

Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Russia sees itself as a country that is self-sufficient.

— Sergei Ivanov

The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.

— Rand Paul

I remain convinced that for Stalin to have complete centralized power in his hands, he found it necessary to physically destroy the second-largest Soviet…

— James Mace

Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the countries of Eastern Europe, being under the control of the USSR, would call their states…

— Garry Kasparov

I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and…

— Volodymyr Zelensky

“There are many Ukrainians that are okay with Russia taking control of the country, as it used to be a Russian state.”

— Steven Magee

People in Russia have a right to their choice if they want to live in an empire, but they need to accept that people…

— Petro Poroshenko

In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And…

— Vladimir Putin

Russia committed an act of aggression in Ukraine, and that's the first time since 1945 a European country has seized the territory of another…

— Daniel Fried

You know what the Russians are saying is that they have an historic relationship with - with Crimea, and they're saying the Crimean legislature…

— Judy Woodruff