Assessment Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever…

— Winston Churchill

“According to Soviet law, crime and the intent to commit crime are virtually the same thing … In the coming trial the prosecution expects…

— Dennis Glover

We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts at external…

— Daniel Fried

The worst criminals of our time are the US and UK governments. Both are devoid of all integrity, all honor, all mercy, all humanity.…

— Paul Craig Roberts

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

— John Boyd Orr

Stalin, of course, never went on trial, but his legacy did. In 1956, three years after his death, he was denounced by Nikita Khrushchev.…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not…

— Fareed Zakaria

Now, just think, to accuse me of such a crime. Think of it! I, who have for twenty-five years single- handed struggled against the…

— Jacob Schiff

“This is a significant event for all kinds of reasons, but primarily because it is the first and last time anyone in the Russian…

— Jennifer Eremeeva

Russian people really don't like it when somebody does horrible things in Russia, and then can calmly go travel to another country and spend…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

We study, as Americans, the extreme aspects of repression under the Stalinist era. We're focused on them. The vast majority of Russian citizens, it…

— Amor Towles

All previous crimes of the Russian empire had been committed under the cover of a discreet shadow. The deportation of a million Lithuanians, the…

— Milan Kundera