Most people consume information passively-whatever they're being fed. They're being fed Russian television, which tells them that in the 90s there wa….

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped..

I think that right now the West understands Russia better than before and feels a much greater wariness toward it. I think that, if anything, Russia'….

After all these recent events in Russia - "Crimea is ours!," Donbas, all that - I realized I could get back into the business of forecasting. Until n….

People sometimes ask: Is Putin a clever man? Yes, he's clever in his own way, when it comes to political intrigue, and he's got a good head for numbe….

They say that generally, rulers - dictators - tend to be short, like me. It gives them an inferiority complex; when they were kids, they wanted to be….

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power..

Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward democracy was made in the 1990s, a….

When the regime changed in Japan, the Japanese changed; Russians too can change, as long as the conditions for it are present once again. Today, we a….

Putin got lucky with the Sochi Olympics - it didn't fail, it was a great spectacle - and then he thought, "Why not grab Crimea?" And ended up getting….

Generally, if you look at present-day trends, you can predict the future. Very few people do that, because I've been told that only 3 to 5 percent of….

Only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always be the way they are..

Revival of the Stalin cult is very clearly being encouraged from above, and it's a way of encouraging the cult of Putin. The message is that people o….

When you deny something your power is much more conspicuous than when you approve it..

The annexation of Crimea did undermine Ukraine to some extent, but less than it did Russia; this is a case in which the victim wins. Ukraine got rid ….

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power. But Putin - I don't know about women, but it looks like he definitely li….

The freedoms we have in Russia are just leftovers. Freedom of travel, which was completely nonexistent in the Soviet Union; artistic freedom - so far….

At this point, I don't care much where I live. I don't feel as attached to Russia's native woods as I was once. I used to dearly love Moscow, even th….

From Gorbachev to Yeltsin, the pendulum swung one way; now, Putin has pushed it very far in the opposite direction, and the backlash is inevitable. S….

If Putin and those around him had been smart enough to go in a different direction... The country was ready. The conditions were extremely favorable ….

A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do..