Enigma Quote by Winston Churchill

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

— Winston Churchill

“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” but few go on to complete the sentence, which ends “but perhaps there…

— Tim Marshall

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is…

— Anonymous

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm…

— George F. Kennan

“In a certain sense the country of ‘Russia’ as such did not exist: it had for centuries been an empire, whether in fact or…

— Tony Judt

In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy.

— Klaus Fuchs

The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.

— James Clapper

The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations and a…

— Vladimir Putin

The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to…

— Jack Kemp

Russia made a decisive contribution to the victory over Nazism. That's clear to every honest observer. So, therefore, in a certain manner, it is…

— Dmitry Medvedev

In a sense, the central problem in U.S.-Russian relations has been a form of psychological projection. Putin views foreign policy as a means of…

— Tom Malinowski