In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russ….
Everybody has a different idea of when those good old days were, but everyone is convinced that there was a time when literature really mattered and ….
Pharisaism became Talmudism...But the spirit of the Ancient Pharisee survives unaltered. When the Jew...studies the Talmud, he is actually repeating ….
Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed..
He used to talk to me about Russia all the time and had sworn up and down that I'd love it here. "To you, it'd be like a fairy tale," he'd told me. "….
[Dan Fried ]is a pillar of the U.S. State Department. He`s part of its institutional memory. He has been in the room for basically every important ne….
It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are car….
In seventy years, Russia’s Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists..
Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin..
I've shot films in locations that have seemed haunted. I shot a film in a maximum-security prison in Russia. Part of it was on a psychiatric ward - t….
Russia and China have become two great allies. They'd never be divided as they were during the Cold War Days. Russia and China together cannot be def….
In fact, what were called the socialist countries in Eastern Europe were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the….
Encircled and provoked, Russia is once again turning into a mighty monolithic defense wall. Its people are ready! They want peace, above anything els….
In Russia, we have a long tradition of compassion for people who have been put into labor camps or prison..
I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into Crimea and Ukraine. ….
Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your ….
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were….
It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and in Russia, ….
That is why Russia is hated. That is why China is hated. They are forming a tremendous, final defense line protecting humanity from the Western terro….
More than a needed biography of Ehrenburg . . . Tangled Loyalties is a contribution of much significance to our understanding of the history of Russi….
Remind me: who was the greater mass murderer, Stalin or Hitler? Well, Stalin is thought to have been responsible for about 50 million deaths, and Hit….