“For them (the peoples of the Soviet Union) We cherish the warmest paternal affection. We are well aware that not a few of them groan beneath the yoke imposed on them by men who in very large part are strangers to the real interests of the country. We recognize that many others were deceived by fallacious hopes. We blame only the system with its authors and abettors who considered Russia the best field for experimenting with a plan elaborated years ago, and who from there continue to spread it from one of the world to the other.” MenWorldYearsWellsRealCountryInterestPlansFieldsYears AgoBlameUnionsAffectionJewStrangerSpreadRussiaCherishSovietSoviet UnionDeceivedYoke Author:Pope Pius XI
“Well, we have got to understand, for example, Russia is an orthodox Christian nation. So is Ukraine. That happened in 988 in Crimea, a place called Kievan Rus, which was the Russia around Kiev at that time. It's 1,000 years ago, but, to a Russian, it's yesterday.” YearsWellsChristianNationsHappenedExampleYears AgoYesterdayRussiaOrthodoxUkraineOrthodox ChristianChristian NationCrimeaKiev Author:Marvin Kalb
“If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply wouldn't have believed you. I had no familiarity with Russia or its history, but part of what drives me as a reader, and more and more as a writer, is curiosity, the desire to explore unfamiliar terrain and inhabit alternate lives.” IfsWritingYearsTwoDesireNovelReaderYears AgoTwentiesCuriosityRussiaFamiliarityUnfamiliarTerrain Author:Debra Dean
“When you're filming in Russia in Catherine's Palace, and you're in the real place where the Tsar's ball really happened, all those years ago, it does so much of the work for you. It's so vivid. You escape into this different time through the costumes, the sets and the atmosphere.” YearsDoeDifferentRealHappenedYears AgoBallsRussiaAtmosphereCostumesVividPalacesDifferent Times Author:Lily James
“There's an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates and the truth of the matter is the weak and feckless policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East and all the while, all we do is fold our arms and say we're not having talks anymore.” YearsFirstsMatterMovingDiesMiddlePolicyArmsBearsYears AgoWeakClintonEastRussiaBarackMiddle EastAggressionFoldsAwakenedGeorgiaCrimeaFecklessOld Proverb Author:Mike Pence
“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
“If I remember, Russia, 20 or 30 years ago, you'd get shot trying to leave. Today, Russian tourists are all over the world. You have Russian oligarchs with big yachts all over the world.” IfsWorldTryingYearsBigsTodayRememberShotsYears AgoRussiaTouristsYacht Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The United States does have the highest rate of incarceration in the world dwarfing the rates of even highly repressive regimes like Russia, China or Iran. This reflects a radical shift in criminal justice policy, a stunning development that virtually no one - not even the best criminologists - predicted forty years ago.” WorldYearsDoeStatesJusticeUnitedUnited StatesPolicyDevelopmentHighestYears AgoRateChinaCriminalsRussiaRadicalFortyIranRegimesStunningCriminal JusticeIncarceration Author:Michelle Alexander
“In fact, we haven't ever really recalibrated our foreign policy commitments since the end of the Cold War. We still have alliances throughout Asia and across Europe that were devised to tame the Soviet Union, which, last time I checked, ceased to exist more than 20 years ago. Today, of course, we have a commitment to go to nuclear war with Russia in case Russia invades Latvia. To me, that's complete and utter nonsense. There ought to be a reconsideration of our posture in every region of the world.” WorldYearsStillsWarEndsFactsTodayLastsCoursesCasesHavensPolicyColdOughtCommitmentEuropeYears AgoUnionsNuclearRussiaNonsenseRegionsSovietForeign PolicyLast TimeCold WarAsiaSoviet UnionAlliancesPostureNuclear WarReconsiderationLatvia Author:Kevin Gutzman