Russia Quotes - Page 5

• It sometimes seems to me that some of our Western partners do not want Russia to fully recover. They would like Russia to be in a subdued state, and they want Russian resources to be used for the benefit of the U.S. economy.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Benefits, Want, Sometimes

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Brazil, Earth, Forests

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• I had traveled to Russia and met with Snowden, which was a pretty involved meeting that required encrypted communication and the like. And it was fascinating because of who he is and what he's done. And more so because what's going on between our two countries, Russia and the U.S., and to meet Edward Snowden in Russia was unforgettable.

  Jared Leto

  Country, Communication, Two

  "‘Suicide Squad’s Jared Leto On The Joker As “Role Of A Lifetime”, Interviewing Edward Snowden & Creative Freedom – Awardsline". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 24, 2016.

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• Some think that Russia should become a kind of a U.S. province, where it should supply natural resources to the United States and the rest of the world. But these people ignore one very important thing: The Russian people will never agree to this scenario. Russia is ultimately a self-sufficient country.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Country, Thinking, Self

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• [Vladimir] Putin's Russia is only indirectly concerned with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a means of maintaining its sphere of influence. I doubt that Russia will meddle. Moreover, I'm quite sure that Ilham Aliyev won't decide to carry out any serious action - it's not in his interest. He's learned his lesson very well - threaten to take action but never act on such words.

  Garry Kasparov

  Mean, Azerbaijan, Doubt

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• Lake Baikal in Russia has 25 percent of the freshwater resources of the world. Sixty-five percent of the Russian ecosystems are in danger. So let's preserve what we have, and let's take good care of nature.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Ecosystems, Lakes, Care

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.

  Garry Kasparov

  Self Confidence, Loss, Add

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

  Roman Abramovich

  Country, Personal Opinions, Enough

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• The Obama administration has revealed the size of America's nuclear arsenal. We have 1,000 warheads aimed at China, 1,000 aimed at Russia, and the rest aimed at Fox News.

  Jay Leno

  America, Nuclear, News

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• Human beings have got a lot of good, noble impulses inside them, and most people want to be good and do more good than they do evil. Hell, we've had nuclear weapons now for thirty or thirty-five years and nothing's happened yet. That in itself seems to be a miracle. If Reagan pushes the button or somebody pushes the button in Russia or somebody pushes it in Costa Rica, they can put a big tombstone in outer space that says, "We gave it a good try." Because we have.

  Stephen King

  Tombstone, Years, Space

  High Times Magazine Interview with Martha Thomases, John Robert Tebbel, October 1981.

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• Russia's 62% of women and only 38% men, many of whom are heavy drinkers, so the battle for the female happiness is a rude one, only the slimmest, the leggiest, the blondest and the sexiest are the winners.

  Alexander Vassiliev

  Men, Rude, Battle

  Source: www.elle.com

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• People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You put on all these medals to show who you are.

  Emilio Pucci

  People, Goal, Done

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't understand this thing about [Bashar] Assad. He has to go. Assad is aligned with Iran and Russia. The one thing we want to prevent is we want to prevent Iran being able to extend a Shia crescent all across the Middle East. Assad has got to go.

  John Kasich

  Iran, Middle East, Want

  CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other up. In my attitude, that's old, that's tired, that's stale.

  George W. Bush

  Attitude, War, Tired

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• In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.

  John McCain

  Democracy, Force, Coups

  "Lawmakers: Bush must lean on Putin". www.cnn.com. February 20, 2005.

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• There's a huge and hungry market for the books on style and fashion in Russia, though the books should be done in Russian, not English since there are few readers who've master foreign languages well enough to buy foreign editions.

  Alexander Vassiliev

  Fashion, Book, Style

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into Crimea and Ukraine. What reckless is is inviting Russia into Syria to team with Iran. That is reckless. And the reckless people are the folks in the White House right now. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the reckless people.

  Chris Christie

  Team, Ukraine, Iran

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• 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

  Fighting, Isis, America

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• My goodness, what we want in a leader is someone with judgment, not someone who is so reckless as to stand on the stage and say, "Yes, I'm jumping up and down; I'm going to shoot down Russian planes." Russia already flies in that airspace. It may not be something we're in love with the fact that they're there, but they were invited by Iraq and by Syria to fly in that airspace.

  Rand Paul

  Jumping, Iraq, Leader

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• The New York Times carries as much weight as the FBI, and if the New York Times says there's nothing to see between Trump and Russia and Putin, then there's nothing to see.

  Rush Limbaugh

  New York, Weight, Putin

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Quite frankly, I have to admit that with regard to the enormous financial assets and funds of Russian leaders in Western banks and on stock markets, the chances for the West to exert influence on Russia are quite low. I doubt that Western leaders are willing to exert pressure. I would not exclude an intervention in case of a crisis.

  Garry Kasparov

  Leader, Doubt, Pressure

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• This traditionally happens in Russia and in every other undemocratic country as well - the quest for a scapegoat won't be long, either. The easiest way to find a scapegoat is to ascribe that role to former governments.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Government, Long

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• There's a gaping difference between the United States of America and Putin's Russia.

  Paul Ryan

  Differences, America, United States

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The Democrat Party of the 1980s chose the Soviet Union over Ronald Reagan, in Nicaragua, and in Moscow as well. Now, all of a sudden, they don't like Russia and they don't like the Soviet Union?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Nicaragua, Moscow

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The amount of respect with which I engage Saudi Arabia, I engage Iran with the same amount of respect. The amount of respect with which I speak to America, I speak to Russia with the same amount of respect.

  Narendra Modi

  Iran, America, Arabia

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.in

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