Church Quote by Yekaterina Samutsevich

“In this way, the Church was a true reflection of the whole of Russian society. The KGB and the Russian people had penetrated each…

— Oliver Bullough

“Like most regimes not based on genuine popular support in an era of open access to information, Putin’s is inherently unstable and requires vigilant…

— Gregory Feifer

Putin is someone who has been undermining the norms of what we consider the world order since he got into power and in increasing…

— David Brooks

Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland…

— George Packer

Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead.

— Malcolm Nance

Putin set out to build a mafia state. He didn't set out to build a totalitarian regime. But he was building his mafia state…

— Masha Gessen

Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership…

— John McCain

Putin is not a mass murderer. But, having said that, he is a product of the KGB, and the KGB was, of course, the…

— Anne Applebaum

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Vladimir Putin is a Russian czar. He's kind of a mix of Peter the Great and Stalin. He's got both in his veins. And…

— Marvin Kalb

“The authoritarians of today are also terror managers, and if anything they are rather more creative. Consider the current Russian regime, so admired by…

— Timothy Snyder

Generally, Putin thinks of himself as Christian. I don't think he is, but he pretends to think that he is. In terms of his…

— Ilya Ponomarev