#russia

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#communism #first #first world #first world war #fruit

Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#globalization #internet #russia #should #speedy

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#because #europeans #excellent #framework #interest

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#been #book #eight #figures #five

We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia. ↗

— Ingvar Kamprad

#china #develop #francs #group #many

Literature, art, science, and religion degenerate when polemical struggle supplants the independent creation of ideas. ↗

— Semen Frank

#ideas #russian #vekhi #art

Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia. ↗

— Aslan Maskhadov

#keep #playing #russia #states #western

St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#culture #european #gem #most #petersburg

I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland. ↗

— Yuri Milner

#four #i #invested #more #networks

I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a few more things and have the freedom to travel and the freedom of speech - and the freedom of dreaming, really. ↗

— Petra Nemcova

#could #dreaming #fell #few #freedom