“That wave of color revolutions scared Lukashenko, and it made the Kremlin back away from any idea of holding dialogue with any other political forces in Belarus. The Ukrainian example looks like poison to them.”
Oleg Manaev
“I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.”
Richard M. Nixon
“The Kremlin is very keen that whoever replaces Luzhkov should be a loyal and malleable figure.”
Yevgeny Volk
“This continues to demonstrate that this case involves something the Kremlin fears.”
Robert Amsterdam
“My task, as I see it, is not to sit in the Kremlin forever, but to create the conditions for the country's long-term development, ... As for me personally, I'll find my place in line, as they say.”
Vladimir Putin
“[The Kremlin said Yeltsin was committed to the deal, however.] President Yeltsin states clearly and unequivocally that he is an initiator of the unification of the two fraternal states and their peoples, a consistent and firm supporter of it, ... It is a geopolitical necessity and an economic reality.”
Sergei Yastrzhembsky
“There are groups in the Kremlin who believe that (the old) methods are not necessary any more.”
Nikolai Petrov
