“I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed.” ThinkingCountryUnitedPartyDutyCitizensCorruptionRussiaDestroyedOur CountryThievesPatriotCrooks Author:Alexei Navalny
“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.” PeopleHumansKindStatesCan DoMaterialsCitizensRussiaAll KindsEnglishmenFrenchmenKremlin Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“Putin likes to quote a sentence from Czar Alexander III, who said that Russian has only two allies - the army and the navy. As a citizen, this makes me sit up and take notice. This is a concept of self-imposed isolation, a defense strategy that sees Russia surrounded by enemies.” SaidTwoSelfEnemyCitizensConceptsArmyStrategySentencesDefenseRussiaLikesIsolationAlliesNavyPutinCzars Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“There is something that I have in common with every citizen of Russia, the love for our motherland.” CommonCitizensRussiaMotherland Author:Vladimir Putin
“I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.” WorldBornCitizensHollywoodEnglandInternationalRussiaTouringSwitzerland Author:Peter Ustinov
“And if our goal as moral citizens is to make the world a better place, then there is only once choice: to pump as much oil as we possibly can out of Fort McMurray. Pump and steam and dig and drill and get that oil out of the sand in any and every way we can. Every drop of oil from Alberta is one less drop from some fascist theocracy, or some brutal warlord; one less cent into the treasuries of Russia's secret police and al-Qaeda's murderers.” IfsWorldWayChoicesGoalSecretMoralCitizensPoliceOilRussiaSandAlsCentsBrutalBetter PlaceMurdererSteamFascistsAl QaedaPumpsTreasuryDrillsFortsTheocracySecret PoliceWarlordsAlberta Author:Ezra Levant
“I am proud of Russia and I am sure that the vast majority of Russian citizens have great love and respect for their Motherland. We have much to be proud of: Russian culture and Russian history. We have every reason to believe in the future of our country. But we have no obsession that Russia must be a super power in the international arena. The only thing we do is protecting our vital interests.” BelieveCountryReasonCultureInterestProudCitizensMajorityInternationalRussiaObsessionOur CountryBe ProudArenaGreat LoveLove And RespectMotherlandRussian HistorySuper Power Author:Vladimir Putin
“I believe that a country, Russia in this case, which can defend the honour and dignity of its citizens, protect their lives, and fulfill its international legal commitments under the peacekeeping mandate, will not find itself in isolation, no matter what our partners in Europe or the United States may think, expressing their bloc mentality.” ThinkingBelieveMayCountryMatterStatesI BelieveUnitedCasesUnited StatesCitizensProtectCommitmentEuropeDignityNo Matter WhatInternationalPartnersRussiaIsolationHonourMentalityMandatesPeacekeeping Author:Vladimir Putin
“In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will.” PeopleStillsDemocracyCitizensDecidedMajorityRussiaBelongingParliamentReferendumsCrimea Author:Vladimir Putin
“However, personally, I see this as not having the right to abuse this trust [among the citizens of Russia and Japan], and any decision we reach should correspond to the national interests of the Russian Federation.” ShouldInterestDecisionCitizensAbuseRussiaJapanNational InterestsFederation Author:Vladimir Putin
“Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data from Russian citizens on Russian soil just to prevent other countries from playing the same kind of legal games we're playing in this Microsoft case.” ThinkingKindCountryLawGamesCasesCitizensTerribleStoresRussiaDataSoilOther CountriesMicrosoft Author:Edward Snowden
“I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.” GovernmentFateCitizensGratefulRussiaTrustedRussian Government Author:Vladimir Putin