#russia

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#democracy #distorted #economy #i #i think

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#actions #convince #could #democracy #elections

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#fall #instructions #just #kremlin #parliament

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#media #parliament #political #political life #real

Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#anymore #bordering #close #could #had

I don't think Estonians ever really hated Russians. It was more, 'Leave us alone.' We can't change what is past. We can't blame them for what their parents have done. We never hated them. They didn't destroy us that bad. ↗

— Carmen Kass

#bad #blame #change #destroy #done

We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom. ↗

— Alfred Kastler

#atom #close #considerable #extent #intense

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#any #because #between #did #i

Where were they when the Russians went down? ↗

— Stacy Keach

#russians #went #were #where

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. ↗

— William Kirby

#follow #look #mess #most #russia