Russia Quotes - Page 26

• I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Putin, Dictatorship

  "Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position". Interview with Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. November 10, 2015.

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• I am convinced that a multi-faceted dialogue between Russia and Egypt will continue to deepen and expand for the benefit of the peoples of our countries, for the sake of peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Peace, Egypt

  "Putin visits Cairo amid ongoing chill in US-Egypt relations" by Paul Alster, www.foxnews.com. February 09, 2015.

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• Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level.

  Vladimir Putin

  Kings, Years, Development

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• There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.

  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

  Running, Way, United States

  "Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. April 10, 2014.

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• Russia will honour its international commitments. Our country is a reliable borrower, a reliable creditor and a reliable supplier. Sanctions come and go, but business ties, economic interests and the reputation of a state remain

  Dmitry Medvedev

  Country, Commitment, Ties

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• Demand for grain in the world today is a more stable trend than demand for energy. Russia is a major grain exporter and can consolidate its positions

  Dmitry Medvedev

  Energy, World, Demand

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• Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Too Much, Way, Enough

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• It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy

  Kenneth Rogoff

  World, Economy, Relation

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• Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Economy, Global Economy

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• During part of 1941 and 1942, when the Luftwaffe was busy in Russia, the German radio regaled its home audience with stories of devastating air raids on London. Now, we are aware that those raids did not happen. But what use would our knowledge be if the Germans conquered Britain? For the purpose of a future historian, did those raids happen, or didn't they? The answer is: If Hitler survives, they happened, and if he falls they didn't happen.

  George Orwell

  Fall, Home, Air

  George Orwell (1968). “The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945”

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• I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

  Edward Snowden

  Country, Spy, Matter

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• When communism failed, it wasn't a good idea that had gone wrong, it was a bad idea that had been sustained with incredible determination in the face of all the commonsense arguments, and at the cost of 20 million lives at least, in Russia, to build the socialist Utopia.

  Martin Amis

  Determination, Ideas, Cost

  "New New Yorker Martin Amis Talks Terrorism, Pornography, Idyllic Brooklyn and American Decline". Interview with David Wallace-Wells, www.vulture.com. July 22, 2012.

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• Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

  Christopher A. Pissarides

  Weakness, Energy, Resources

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• Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

  Christopher A. Pissarides

  Hands, Oil, Doe

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• 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

  Organization, World, Tangible

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• Part of the problem that we have currently in the Middle East is that[Bashar] Assad has hung on to power with the very strong support of Russia and Iran and with the proxy of Hezbollah being there basically fighting his battles.

  Hillary Clinton

  Strong, Fighting, Iran

  Source: time.com

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• What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's, he experienced the Miracle on Ice, and then in the 80's became with his teammates the Russian Five, the most dominant team in the history of hockey, and then helped bring down the hockey system when the Soviet Union collapsed and became one of the first players to play in the NHL, and then ultimately came back to Russia.

  Gabe Polsky

  Team, Hockey, Player

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm American and I wanted my friend and people to see ' Red Army' . I didn't want it to be a film for Russia, although I did show it there and they absolutely loved it.

  Gabe Polsky

  Army, People, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

  Peter Ustinov

  Switzerland, Hollywood, Citizens

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• Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.

  Emma Goldman

  Real, Mean, Ideas

  Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.259, Courier Corporation

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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

  Mother, Moving, Talking

  Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1965). “The Poems of Dr. Zhivago”, p.137, Manchester University Press

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• The Soviet Union came apart along ethnic lines. The most important factor in this breakup was the disinclination of Slavic Ukraine to continue under a regime dominated by Slavic Russia. Yugoslavia came apart also, beginning with a brutal clash between Serbia and Croatia, here again 'nations' with only the smallest differences in genealogy; with, indeed, practically a common language. Ethnic conflict does not require great differences; small will do.

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan

  Breakup, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

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• I do not rule Russia. 10,000 clerks do.

  Nicholas II of Russia

  Clerks

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• In America, you assassinate president. In Soviet Russia, president assassinate you!

  Yakov Smirnoff

  America, President, Soviet

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• In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!

  Yakov Smirnoff

  America, Car, Soviet

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