Believe Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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

— Alexei Navalny

What [Russians] want to do is undermine the Western liberal order.

— Daniel Fried

The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical and selfish,…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward…

— Vladimir Voinovich

The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should…

— Vladimir Putin

Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat.

— Margarita Simonyan

Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West.

— Daniel Fried

The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement.

— Garry Kasparov

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

— Garry Kasparov

I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments…

— Daniel Fried

Russian scorn for liberal democracy has a long history, and a certain kind of Russian disdain for the West is nothing new. As far…

— Anne Applebaum

Russia despises the West. And is doing what it can to weaken the West.

— Daniel Fried