Quotes and Sayings about Russia

Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.

I want to say thank you to each of you because we are together. And when we feel the reliable support of those standing beside us, Russia becomes one big family.

Vladimir Putin - New Year Eve’s address 2020/21

This country, Russia, has changed. Russia has become a real football country... where football has become part of the country's DNA and the culture.

Gianni Infantino

Soccer World Championship 2018

Russia... the prequel and sequel to the Sowjet Union.

John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)

Russia... the country that gave the world Tetris, merkins you wear on your heads, and potentially the 45th President of the United States.

John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)

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Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

Vladimir Putin

I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.

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Paris

Could it be that Russians simply don't need freedom? That while other people do, Russians don't?

Dmitry Glukhovsky

Russia is on the brink of catastrophe.

Yevgeny Prigozhin - April 2023

In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the most effective approach. Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level.

Alexei Navalny

Vladimir Putin

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

Alexei Navalny

Conrad Oxford: "What is it that you Russians do that an Englishman can enjoy?"
Grigori Rasputin: "Well, everything. Food, music, ballet, tobacco, art. But most of all, we like to f*ck like tigers."

Kingsman - The King's Man

Why would I hate Russians? My mother is Russian, half of my blood is Russian. This is not a question of nationality, it's a question of values.

Vitali Klitschko - March 2022

Russia-Ukraine War

Having a dictator rule in Russia is by far the greatest existential threat to humanity.

Garry Kasparov - March 2022

Dictators & Autocrats

This is tragic for my country. Thousands of young Russians die for that lunatic dictator. Many of them were born under Putin and now die under Putin.

Garry Kasparov - March 2022

Vladimir Putin Russia-Ukraine War

I don't know for how long the President is planning to stay in office, but it feels like he might still do so for a while.

Olaf Scholz - February 2022, talking to Vladimir Putin

Russia-Ukraine War

I'm under the impression that the United States aren't actually concerned with Ukraine's safety, but with stopping Russia's progression.

Vladimir Putin - February 2022

Ukraine Russia-Ukraine War

As a gay man, I must decline. I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

Wentworth Miller - August 2013, about St. Petersburg International Film Festival

Russia does not want other political groupings present near their homeland. That's not a hard thing to understand.

Vladimir Putin - December 2021

2021 Russia-Ukraine War

The Belarusian language is a poor language. There are only two great languages in the world. Russian and English.

Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus

We don't want to burn bridges, but if somebody interprets our good intentions as weakness, our reaction will be asymmetrical, rapid and harsh. We'll decide for ourselves in each case where the red line is.

Vladimir Putin - April 2021

2021

To Europeans, Russia has always been the great bear to the east.

Eurosource Plus in Cyberpunk 2077

Russia... the future home of 45 million Ukrainians.

John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)

Ukraine

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

Sergei Lavrov

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Fran Lebowitz (US-American writer)

USA Capitalism

Ivana: "Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?"
Austin: "I can guess, baby."
Ivana: "We play chess."
Austin: "I guessed wrong."

Austin Powers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me

Chess

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Communism

You dumb motherf*cker, didn't Napoleon let you know?
When you conquer Russia, better pack some f*cking winter clothes

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Napoléon Bonaparte Adolf Hitler

If I were a russian woman, I'd be lesbian. Russian men aren't very attractive.

Karl Lagerfeld

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The western Countries lie recklessly, like Goebbels: the more incredible the lie, the faster they will believe in it.

Vladimir Putin - September 2022

Russia-Ukraine War

I find it necessary to support the proposal of the Defence Ministry on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation to defend our Motherland, and to ensure the safety of our people.

Vladimir Putin - September 2022

2022 Russia-Ukraine War

The special military operation is being conducted strictly in accordance to the plan and schedule. All objectives that were set are being resolved successfully.

Vladimir Putin - March 2022

Russia-Ukraine War

Mr. President, Ukraine did not "start" this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.

Mike Pence - February 2025

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Stop the war! Admit that this is a war against an entire nation and stop it!

Dmitry Glukhovsky - Juni 2022

Russia-Ukraine War

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.

Henry Kissinger - January 2023

Russia-Ukraine War NATO

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Boris Yeltsin

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If Putin goes ahead with his plan for a change of regime in Kyiv, then democracies around the world must now start thinking about a change of regime in Moscow.

Wladimir Klitschko - February 2022

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This is the first time since the end of the Cold War that almost the whole world stands together. Even in my wildest dreams, I didn't expect such solidarity to happen in four to five days.

Garry Kasparov - March 2022

Cold War Russia-Ukraine War

Germany... a country whose idea of a bedtime story is two children being left to die in the forest, before nearly being cooked and eaten and then murdering an old woman.

John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)

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Forgive me if this sounds pompous, but it's better to die standing up than live on your knees.

Alexei Navalny - April 2011

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

Giorgia Meloni - Juli 2023

Ukraine

What did I learn in 2021? I learned that nobody learned anything in 2020.

Penn Parker in Death to 2021

2020 2021

There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch.

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But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

Take your time to think, but when it is time to act, stop thinking and act!

Napoléon Bonaparte

Thinking Taking action

The bigger the lie, the more people believe in it.

Adolf Hitler

Lies

I have very strong feelings. I can tell you that today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker.

Gianni Infantino (as FIFA President) - November 2022

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Die WM [2018] war mein Traum, ich habe mich danach erst einmal vollständig abgeschottet. Ich war sauer auf mich, sauer auf die Situation.

Leroy Sané - January 2021

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I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.

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It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I played for five minutes, I still see falling blocks in my dreams. It's poetry. Art and math all working in magical synchronicity, it's... it's the perfect game.

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