Quotes About Russia

Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.

Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin.

I'm no apologist for Russia or the Assad regime, but actually, this has been staring us in the face for a number of years now, and I think it's time to turn a page and accept reality. Our strategy - if that is the right word - failed miserably, and Russia's with Iran has been successful.

Putin needs strong moves to keep the country as one. There is some criticism that he is centralizing power, but in Russia, if you don't centralize power, you have the risk of losing the country.

I think the soft underbelly of Russia is - what's driving their ability to be aggressive is their energy. If you take the energy out of their economy, Russia is not so strong.

In response to Russia's election hacking, the U.S. expelled not just one, but 35 spies posing as diplomats - the strongest response ever to a cyberattack against the U.S.

What I do is good for Russian opposition. What I do is I speak freely on the things and items that were never discussed loudly with Russian public for years.

Russia isn't only oppressive toward gay people, it is hard on everyone, particularly women.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

I'm not sure the Russians would be happy that their iconic wooly mammoth has North American origins.

Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country.

Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.

The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.

secret codicils would allow the German Army to illegally rearm and train on Russian territory throughout the twenties and thirties. Tens of thousands of German "work commandos" would come to Russia in 1923 and begin experimenting in the new, still theoretical technique of the blitzkrieg, the idea that small, high-quality, mobile forces backed by airpower could overcome a country before it could react.

a kind of Turkish parallel to the German idea of lebensraum, the future was to be found in the East—in an invasion of Russia to reclaim ancestral lands from the thirteenth century and earlier, not only those of the Ottomans but of the other great Turanians, the Mongols and the Huns.*21

And why was I still here? I felt I was killing time, especially in Russia, which, in spite of all the talk of change and reform, seemed exactly the same place as it had ever been: a pretentious empire with a cruel government that was helpless without secret police.

Heavy kettlebells are traditionally called "bulldogs. "Heavy" is in the eye of the beholder; we usually dump the bells heavier than 32 kilograms in that category. 48 kilograms is as heavy as traditional kettlebells go, but it does not stop Russia's strongest from going heavier. Weightlifting legend Yuri Vlasov was heartbroken when someone stole his custom-made 56-kilogram kettlebells.

Russia can offer state-of-the-art technology, .. For example, we can help other countries launch space devices such as satellites.

The fight against Jewish world Bolshevization requires a clear attitude toward Soviet Russia. You cannot drive out the Devil with Beelzebub.

Also targeted was shale oil and Russia's immense nonconventional resources, including the huge Bazhenov formation, under the West Siberian basin. Whatever the potential, for a long time there was no technology with which to successfully produce from that complex geology.

dangers of her past. She cared about what he provided in an otherwise dangerous world. "Russia is a hard place," she said quietly, "or it used to be. I think it still is for most people. The strong ones like Vladimir survive and climb out, and he pulled me out with him. The others don't make it, and many of them die. I might have been one of those." "You gave up your freedom for all that," he said, still

How could we know that the Russian military kept testing and developing new systems? With Yeltsin in charge, the military didn't seem to matter very much.

If it's not, it's a coincidence the size of Russia." "And you don't believe in even small coincidences, I know." He looked at the cup of tea, picked it up, and took a sip. "Todd ran the plate on the Camaro." Jamison stiffened. "And?" "And it was stolen from a couple who live in Woodbridge.

Russians. They were in Germany