Russia Quotes - Page 22

• We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

  John F. Kerry

  Change, War, Behavior

  "Calls grow to arm Ukraine, as European leaders scramble for last-ditch peace plan". www.foxnews.com. February 5, 2015.

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• This is my country. The Russian people are in bit of trouble. Russian court doesn't work. Russian education decline every year. I believe that Russia has a chance to be free. Has a chance. It's difficult, but we must do it.

  Boris Nemtsov

  Education, Country, Believe

  "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown", edition.cnn.com. May 11, 2014.

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• Lord, save Russia and bring her peace.

  Nicholas II of Russia

  Peace, Lord

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• It's not dissimilar to what we see with the president of Russia, who uses a minority there, the lesbian, gay, bisexual community ... and he goes after them with great relish because he knows that it's going to resonate with a part of the population.

  Thomas Mulcair

  Gay, Bisexual, Community

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• We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

  Real, Political, Competition

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• Fifteen percent of Russia badly polluted.

  Vladimir Putin

  Environmental, Fifteen, Pollution

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• I think would send a very strong message to Putin and to Russia that NATO countries and the United States are going to respond by growing stronger economically and strategically.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Strong, Thinking

  "Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Michigan's ban on race-based college admissions; Gov. Pence talks gun control, Ukraine, political future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2014.

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• A war must be avoided at all costs. Russia is against any type of use of external force.

  Vladimir Yakunin

  War, Cost, Use

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. All other citizens are nothing more than human material with which they can do all kinds of things.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  People, Citizens, Kind

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• What right does the West have to constantly criticize Russia? There are a few things about the West that I don't like either. But I am not constantly pointing my finger and criticizing things that are a country's internal affairs.

  Vladimir Yakunin

  Country, Doe, West

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The day General Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believed that Russia used cyber warfare against the joint chiefs. We need a new commander in chief that will stand up to our enemies.

  Ted Cruz

  Iran, Enemy, Warfare

  Ted Cruz at GOP primary debate in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would be overtaken by its past, and our past would be our future.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Mean, Past, Church

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest American models by three five-year plans. It's a nightmare. We are creating a concept of the enemy, just as they did in the Soviet era. This is a giant step backward.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Creating, Years, Enemy

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The bureaucracy has grown such powerful roots in Russia, and corruption is so widespread, that people from opposition have no interest in changing anything.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Powerful, Roots, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Everyone in Russia must awaken the citizen within himself.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Citizens

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back into an authoritarian empire.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Believe, Moving, Democracy

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• The worst thing that can happen to Russia is indifference in the West - that is, if it were interested in nothing but oil and gas.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Oil, West, Indifference

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then the camera moves to the right. Then comes Kiev, then Moscow and then everything stops. This seems to be the West's view of us - of a wild Russia that begins past Moscow, a place one prefers not to see. This is a big mistake. The West must pay closer attention.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Mistake, Moving, Past

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov once said: In a Democracy, portraits of a nation's leader should never exceed the size of a postage stamp. That won't happen so quickly in Russia.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Leader, Democracy, Size

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands a sacred willingness to make sacrifices from the people.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Sacrifice, People, Demand

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• In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this group has no clout with the state.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Special People, Groups, States

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• In Russia one can be as pure as can be and still lose everything in a flash and end up in prison.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Prison, Ends, Flash

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• In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  People, Loyal, Wealthy

  "SPIEGEL Interview with Author Vladimir Sorokin". www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• In Russia whenever you encounter a minor official, he lets you know that he is above you and that you depend on him. It is reflected in the superpower mentality that nourishes the Kremlin. An empire always demands sacrifices from its people.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Sacrifice, People, Encounters

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• The Americans have gone through 150 years of ups and downs, to pull themselves up out of the mud. After only 15 years, Russia is already in the process of liberating itself from the same thing.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Years, Gone, Mud

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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