“If past behavior is any indication, we're in a lot of trouble with Hillary Clinton in the White House, as well, who has promised to start a no-fly zone in Syria, which amounts to a declaration of war against Russia.” IfsWellsWarPastHouseWhiteTroubleAmountBehaviorClintonRussiaZoneWhite HouseSyriaDeclarationIndicationDeclaration Of War Author:Jill Stein
“Russia and Iran are not going to allow the Assad regime to fall.” FallRussiaIranRegimesAssad Author:Rashid Khalidi
“Russia is a difficult country to deal with, but I think that American policy on Russia has been foolish in the extreme.” ThinkingHas BeensCountryDifficultDealsPolicyExtremesFoolishRussia Author:Rashid Khalidi
“There's absolutely no reason for NATO to be sticking its fingers up the nostrils of Russia at every orifice. I mean, it's absurd. It's absolutely absurd.” MeanReasonFingersRussiaAbsurdNo ReasonNato Author:Rashid Khalidi
“Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.” GivingCountryGiving UpRussiaSyria Author:Rashid Khalidi
“I do know that, you know, Donald Trump has a global portfolio, and many global investors are in Russia.” KnowsTrumpRussiaInvestorsPortfolios Author:Julianne Malveaux
“[Michael Flynn is] someone who has advocated for a much tighter ties with Russia and had raised some eyebrows in terms of some of the consorting that he did around Washington.” TermRaisedRussiaTiesEyebrows Author:John Heilemann
“I had really not been out of the United States much, except for Mexico. I thought, "Jesus Christ, this [Russia] is like a whole new world." Instead of writing Michael Jackson one-glove jokes, all I had to do was go to these weird places and keep my eyes and ears open.” WorldWritingStatesWholeEyeJesusChristUnitedUnited StatesJokesJesus ChristEarsRussiaNew WorldMexicoGlovesWeird Places Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I don`t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia. But it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMeanClintonChinaRussiaBroke Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Pretty much everywhere we went we had crazy weather. I think Russia was probably one of the toughest places for us weatherwise, but even Alaska, the last three years have been somewhat subpar when you look at historically how Alaska can shape up.” ThinkingYearsLooksHas BeensLastsThreeCrazyShapesRussiaWeatherThree YearsAlaska Author:Travis Rice
“I love India, Russia and touring has made me many friends abroad.” MadeIndiaRussiaTouringMany Friends Author:will.i.am
“From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s - it was an atrocious system.” UnderstandingHugePerspectiveRussiaCommunismSovietSoviet Russia Author:Jay Roach
“When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was connected to a very popular movement of artists and intellectuals at that time towards anti fascism, and an alliance with the union movement.” WorldWarArtistPartyMovementUnionsConnectedRussiaWar Of The WorldsCommunistAlliesFascismWorld War IiWorld War IAlliancesCommunist PartyVery Popular Author:Jay Roach
“If Britain wins wholly, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and perhaps even Bolshevik Russia will disappear.” IfsWinningDisappearRussiaGermanyBritainNaziFascistsNazi GermanyBolsheviks Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for him and for Russia. So, at that point $50 billion and some environmental damage and a small city's future don't really matter.” WorldTwoMatterBigsPartyCitiesWeekPrideExerciseEnvironmentalBillionsRussiaDamagePutinTwo WeeksEnvironmental Damage Author:Gary Hustwit
“Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American industry against the invasion of Chinese products. Renegotiating the role of NATO. And a similar approach on the issue of immigration. This is all great news.” RolesIssuesProductsIndustryApproachNewsRelationTradeInvestmentRussiaImmigrationChinesePartnershipInvasionNatoGreat News Author:Matteo Salvini
“Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.” DecisionActingChinaRussiaMakersFewerConstraintsDecision Makers Author:Duncan Green
“If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.” PeopleIfsYearsLostMonthsProveSixLegsRussiaAfghanistanSix MonthsLimbsDisabledRegister Author:Duncan Green
“The Clinton camp has been able to project that kind of neo-McCarthy hysteria: that Russia is responsible for everything.” KindHas BeensAbleProjectsResponsibleClintonRussiaCampsHysteria Author:Julian Assange
“Hilary Clinton stated multiple times, falsely, that seventeen U.S. intelligence agencies had assessed that Russia was the source of our publications. That is false; we can say that the Russian government is not the source.” GovernmentSourceClintonRussiaAgencyMultiplePublicationSeventeenIntelligence AgenciesRussian GovernmentHilary Clinton Author:Julian Assange
“We have published about 800,000 documents of various kinds that relate to Russia. Most of those are critical; and a great many books have come out of our publications about Russia, most of which are critical.” KindBookVariousCriticalRussiaRelateGreat MenDocumentsPublication Author:Julian Assange
“Our [Russia]documents have gone on to be used in quite a number of court cases: refugee cases of people fleeing some kind of claimed political persecution in Russia, which they use our documents to back up.” PeopleKindUsePoliticalUsedNumbersCasesGoneCourtRussiaDocumentsPersecutionRefugeeFleeingCourt Cases Author:Julian Assange
“I'm talking about the finding in October that is public now of 17 different intelligence agencies saying Russia tried to meddle with our elections.” DifferentTalkingFindingsElectionRussiaAgencyOctoberIntelligence Agencies Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The report also said that there wasn't agreement among the 17 agencies. When the FBI came out - they came out - when there was a conclusion on the DNC, their conclusion was very clear and they made it public. Now, if the CIA or whoever else comes out. But they didn't conclude that it was Russia.I don't care if it's Russia or whoever, they shouldn't - we're going to protect Americans. We don't want these countries or whoever else these people are hacking our country, our parties, our - we protect our Americans. We don't like it. We're against it.” PeopleIfsWantMadeSaidCountryCarePartyClearProtectDon't CareRussiaConclusionOur CountryMade ItI Don't CareAgencyReportsAgreementCiaFbiHacking Author:Reince Priebus
“We have President-elect [Donald] Trump out there calling the CIA assessment that Russia was trying to help elect him ridiculous. He also questions - says he doesn't believe the earlier findings of all 17 intelligence agencies that Russia was trying to get involved in our elections.” TryingBelieveHelpingPresidentTrumpInvolvedCallingFindingsElectionRidiculousRussiaAgencyGet InvolvedCiaAssessmentIntelligence Agencies Author:George Stephanopoulos
“There's a Russia angle to all this, because remember, we don't have Donald Trump's tax returns. He did a very - relative summary, 104 page campaign financial disclosure. One year of tax returns, reportedly - we've seen the pictures, 12,000 pages. And tax returns are replete with his foreign interests, including, perhaps, his Russian interests. That may be the reason he doesn't want to turn over his taxes.” WantYearsMayReasonRememberTurnsInterestReturnTrumpTaxesPagesIncludingFinancialCampaignsRussiaRelativeAngleDisclosureSummaryTax Returns Author:Norman L. Eisen
“With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those [Donald Trump's] taxes to evaluate whether these conflicts go to the heart of our most pressing national security interests.” HeartInterestSecurityTrumpConflictTaxesRussiaConclusionAgencyNational SecurityEvaluateAllegationsIntelligence Agencies Author:Norman L. Eisen
“I would like to see someone with more traditional foreign policy experience and, obviously, his views and attitudes towards Russia will be a big part of the confirmation hearings [instead of Rex Tillerson].” BigsViewsAttitudePolicyHearingRussiaTraditionalForeign PolicyConfirmation Author:Rich Lowry
“Ultimately Rex Tillerson will reflect [Donald] Trump's policy towards Russia, which will be friendly up right up to the point of time it isn't.” PolicyTrumpRussiaFriendly Author:Rich Lowry
“It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those efforts ended in tears.” ThinkingRememberEffortMagicTearsKeysRelationRussiaBarack Author:Rich Lowry
“There's no point trying to sugar-coat this or get Jesuitical about it. Yes, Russia tried to manipulate our election. It's appalling. Yes, it should be investigated and taken seriously.” ShouldTryingTakenElectionRussiaSugarCoatsManipulateNo Point Author:Rich Lowry
“I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that [Vladimir] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson, the winner of Russia's order of friendship as the secretary of state.” ThinkingStatesOrderScaredRussiaWorriedWinnerSecretaryPutin Author:E. J. Dionne
“We don't discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.” ImportantSometimesGovernmentIssuesConversationStrikesRussiaDestroyingRepercussions Author:Bashar al-Assad
“This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?” KnowsMeanCountrySupportDecadesRussiaIranCooperationHezbollah Author:Bashar al-Assad
“We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It's cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It's not related to the crisis.” TwoDifferentCountryNormalCrisisIncludingRussiaRelatedDifferent ThingsAgreementIranCooperationOther CountriesArmamentTwo CountriesIncluding Others Author:Bashar al-Assad
“From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.” YearsDifferentPoliticalSupportExampleRussiaCooperation Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The last time I was in Japan as President of Russia was 11 years ago, if memory serves. I later visited in my capacity as Prime Minister.” IfsYearsLastsPresidentMemoriesCapacityYears AgoRussiaMinistersJapanPrimeLast TimePrime Minister Author:Vladimir Putin
“It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic ties date back 150 years, more than 150 years now.” YearsRootsRelationDeeperRussiaTiesJapanRestorationDiplomaticDiplomatic Relations Author:Vladimir Putin
“Therefore, I do not think we should go only 60 years back but should look deeper, centuries back. Maybe this will give us [Russia and Japan] an opportunity to look at the future from a more remote perspective.” ThinkingGivingShouldYearsLooksOpportunityCenturyPerspectiveDeeperRussiaJapan Author:Vladimir Putin
“I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone if I say that I like Russia even more.” IfsBelieveCultureI BelieveSportsSecretIncludingRussiaJapanJudoJapanese Culture Author:Vladimir Putin
“The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of Japan. We should find a compromise.” ShouldInterestRussiaCompromiseMinistersJapanPrimePrime MinisterProceedingNational InterestsAbe 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
“I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies and security agencies. We need to assess everything and understand what we can agree on and what the implications will be both for Japan and for Russia so that both the Russian people and the Japanese people come to the conclusion that these compromise solutions are acceptable and are in our countries' interests.” PeopleNeedsBelieveCountryTodayPoliticalI BelieveInterestEconomicSecuritySolutionsAgreeVariousRussiaConclusionCompromiseOur CountryAnalysisExpertsAgencyJapanAcceptableMinistryImplications Author:Vladimir Putin
“We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We are ready to talk about this.” BelieveProblemReadyRussiaJapanTerritorial Author:Vladimir Putin
“The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the most important and interesting areas both for Russia and for Japan.” ImportantLinesInterestingLevelsEconomicAreasEightRussiaMinistersJapanPrimeCooperationEngagementPrime MinisterAdvancingAbe Author:Vladimir Putin
“There are also other areas. For example, culture. This is extremely important. We keep revisiting sport, judo, because I practice it, but other than that, there is also culture. Every year events that are in some way or other related to Russia take place in Japan.” WayYearsImportantCultureSportsPracticeEventsExampleAreasRussiaRelatedJapanJudo Author:Vladimir Putin
“I assure you that interest in Japanese culture in Russia is just as strong as interest in Russian culture in Japan.” CultureStrongInterestRussiaJapanJapanese Culture Author:Vladimir Putin
“It is simply that we treat Japanese history, the history of the Japanese people and its unique culture with greater respect and interest. This generates enormous interest in Russia!” PeopleCultureInterestGreaterUniqueTreatsRussiaEnormous Author:Vladimir Putin
“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.” StatesLevelsEconomicSpecialSecurityMembersProjectsMajorsRelationTradeChinaPartnersBillionsRussiaChinesePermanentEtcLogicalCooperationPartnershipCouncilJointsStrategicOrganisationSecurity CouncilShanghaiBrics Author:Vladimir Putin