“It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.” ImportantAmericaRememberCultureLiteratureDemocracySeriousRussiaGermanyJapanLatinThinkerLatin AmericaCompatible Author:Natan Sharansky
“I will work for Bulgaria's strategic choice - Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO. I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners.” ThinkingImportantChoicesRelationUnionsPartnersRussiaStrategicUkraineEuropean UnionNatoMembershipReviveBulgaria Author:Georgi Parvanov
“Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative relations with our neighboring countries such as China, South Korea, and Russia.” ImportantCountryBasesRelationSouthChinaRussiaJapanKoreaAlliancesCooperativesSouth Korea Author:Junichiro Koizumi
“China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the prevention of bird flu is an important target of the organization, which includes Russia, China and four Central Asian states.” ShouldImportantStatesEffortFourSeriousMembersDiseaseBirdOrganizationChinaRussiaTargetCombatCooperationAsianFluPreventionInfectious DiseasesBird Flu Author:Wen Jiabao
“Russia can play an important role in removing the occupation, ending the aggression and achieving national (Palestinian) rights.” ImportantPlayRolesRightsAchieveRussiaOccupationAggressionPalestinian Author:Khaled Mashal
“In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a chance character. Nor should important matters depend on leftovers, which are never there. I would prefer that the government treasury take care of it.” ShouldImportantMatterCharacterHandsGovernmentCareChanceOpinionDependsImportant ThingsTake CareRussiaPhilanthropyTreasuryLeftovers Author:Anton Chekhov
“It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.” MadeImportantStatesProblemPoliticalFightingSocialEconomicReadyArmyRussiaMessCombatTake TimeChechnya Author:Aslan Maskhadov