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
1This country, Russia, has changed. Russia has become a real football country... where football has become part of the country's DNA and the culture.
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)
1Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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
Having a dictator rule in Russia is by far the greatest existential threat to humanity.
Garry Kasparov - March 2022
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
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
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
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
The Belarusian language is a poor language. There are only two great languages in the world. Russian and English.
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
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)
Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
Fran Lebowitz (US-American writer)
Ivana: "Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?"
Austin: "I can guess, baby."
Ivana: "We play chess."
Austin: "I guessed wrong."
Austin: "I can guess, baby."
Ivana: "We play chess."
Austin: "I guessed wrong."
Austin Powers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me
For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
You dumb motherf*cker, didn't Napoleon let you know?
When you conquer Russia, better pack some f*cking winter clothes
When you conquer Russia, better pack some f*cking winter clothes
Epic Rap Battles of History - Hitler vs. Vader
If I were a russian woman, I'd be lesbian. Russian men aren't very attractive.