#russian

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#democratic #early #final #made #people

I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#am #birds #close #come #darkness

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since. ↗

— David Remnick

#four #history #i #interested #language

If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business. ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#communism #english #form #government #king

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#feared #had #just #languages #manage

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again! ↗

— Mathias Rust

#again #angry #been #condition #good

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#between #brutal #decadence #difference #our

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#definitely #even #feel #i #i feel

I have a Russian heart. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#i #russian