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Mother Russia is on the move, she can't stand still, she's restless and can't find rest, she's talking and she can't stop.
— Boris Pasternak
Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies.
— Corey Flintoff
Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.
— Sergei Lavrov
In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.
— John McCain
When people call you brilliant it's always good, especially when the person heads up Russia.
— Donald Trump
Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed.
— Milos Zeman
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.
— Vladimir Putin
The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.
— Vladimir Zhirinovsky
The U.N. is an American-based bastion of foreign spies. Russia has more spies in the U.S. than there are members of the F.B.I.
— Meldrim Thomson Jr.
Russia has got to be the team to beat, in my opinion. When they are playing together as a team, they are tough to beat.
— Jaromir Jagr
Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us,
— Vladimir Putin
Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
— Vladimir Putin
I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president.
— Vladimir Putin
The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there's a self interest in this for everyone.
— Rand Paul
True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preserving the European nature of its regime.
— Ivan Krastev
A German attack on Russia's ally France would, in reality, be defensive - but the English talked as if Germany was trying to dominate Europe.
— Ken Follett
Turkey, fearing attack by Russia, took Germany's side and declared war against the czar by bombarding the port of Odessa.
— Joseph E. Persico
All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.
— Marat Safin
It's about Russia.
— Woody Allen
The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale.
— Walther Von Brauchitsch
It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.
— Sarah Miller
Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'
— Lilia Shevtsova
I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.
— Anatoly Chubais
I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.
— Sophie Ellis-Bextor
C' in Russian is pronounced like your 'S', so first letter in CIA stands for 'sneaky.
— Kenneth Eade
Russia's oil fields are mature and require capital and Western technology even to keep production flat.
— Roger Altman
What's happening in Russia is devoid of autobiographical interest for me. Maybe it's egocentric. Whatever it is, feel free to use it.
— Joseph Brodsky
The Last Judgement is the Last Judgement, but a human being who spent his life in Russia, has to be, without any hesitation, placed into Paradise.
— Joseph Brodsky
In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed.
— Garry Kasparov
It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.
— P. J. O'Rourke
The World Health Organization is now studying Russia's experience, i.e. how we managed to produce tangible results in such a short time
— Veronika Skvortsova
In Russia they put you in insane asylums if you disagree with the state: it's not so different here. Keep the natives quiet.
— Marilyn French
The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this to Russia, and no one ever will.
— Vladimir Putin
There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.
— Will Rogers
Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.
— Anatoly Chubais
Russia and the U.S. have unique experience in ensuring the safety and security of nuclear material.
— Sergei Lavrov
I think an alliance with Stalin's Russia is rotten.
— Ezra Pound
I love Russia because Russia gave me you.
— John M. Simmons
Connection was the thing, whether through bed, bottle, grand inquisitorial session.
— Anthony Burgess
Russia demanded Armenian territories, very cleverly using long-standing, bitter fights between Armenians and Turks.
— Ernst Kaltenbrunner
I took part in two 'Leverage' conventions. Fans fly in from as far as Russia and Australia. It's expensive to attend.
— Gina Bellman
It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.
— Alisher Usmanov
Clearly, Russia has lied to the world about what's going on in Ukraine. They have clearly violated the cease-fire agreements.
— Leon Panetta
Were it my choice, I would not vote for Russia to hold the Winter Olympics or the Summer Olympics. But it's not my choice.
— Mitt Romney
I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.
— Yuri Milner
All the real things in Russia are done in the villages.
— Ernest Poole
Folks, Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from Alaska. Mitt Romney talks like he's only seen Russia by watching 'Rocky IV.'
— John F. Kerry
St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.
— Valentina Matviyenko
In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian.
— Edward Teller
Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.
— Sergei Lavrov
I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community,
— Johnny Weir
O to be in finland/ now that russia's here)
— E. E. Cummings
Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.
— Condoleezza Rice
And I can see Russia from my house.
— Tina Fey
I think in Russia, there's a lot of storytelling and anecdotes.
— Eugene Mirman
The common theme here was contempt: a poisonous disregard for human life. For Vladimir Putin's critics have an uncanny habit of turning up dead.
— Luke Harding
Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them.
— Jonathan Lynn
If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.
— Vladimir Putin
Beijing's preferred method of control, in Russia as in Africa, has been legal contracts on terms advantageous to itself.
— Timothy Snyder
In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland.
— Yakov Smirnoff
I can't believe that OMON [Russia's riot police] would hit a girl. I simply can't imagine it.
— Vladimir Putin
Today Russia announced that it will join America's fight with the terror group ISIS. Then Putin said, But I did not say which side.
— Jimmy Fallon
I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well.
— Maelle Gavet
In seventy years, Russia's Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists.
— Roger Lowenstein
Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be.
— Scott Carpenter
The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me.
— Vladimir Putin
Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
— Tony Benn
After Russia (winning bronze at Rostelecom Cup), I'm one of the top Canadian ladies. Tomorrow, I just have to do a good long program.
— Alaine Chartrand
Russia is certainly no longer a free country. We are moving in the direction of Zimbabwe.
— Andrey Illarionov
As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children
— Masha Gessen
Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources
— Christopher A. Pissarides
This isn't Soviet Russia. This is America we're talking about. For God's sake, this is New York City.
— Garth Risk Hallberg
For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S.
— Ivan Krastev
She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life.
— John Le Carre
Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.
— Alexei Mordashov
The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.
— Mark Twain
It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.
— Jaycie Phelps
He's got more red flags than Soviet Russia.
— Kresley Cole
We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.
— Barack Obama
How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?
— Vladimir Putin
I'm going back to Russia. That's where the money is, and the power. And, of course, the ladies.
— Dorothy Dunnett
It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation.
— P. J. O'Rourke