A Russian Diary Quotes

“Egy felmérés hivatalos adatai szerint a megkérdezettek 58 százaléka egyetért az "Oroszország az oroszoké" szlogennel. Szintén 58 százalék válaszolta azt, hogy ha rendes fizetést kapna, azonnal vásárolna valami rendes ingatlant külföldön, és kivándorolna. Ez nem más, mint a "szabad Oroszország" halálos ítélete, és magyarázatot ad arra is, hogy az utóbbi időben miért nem volt nálunk forradalom. Arra várunk, hogy valaki más robbantsa ki helyettünk.”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption & Death in Putin's Russia

“Shortly after the elections, Putin went so far as to inform us that Parliament was a place not for debate, but for legislative tidying up. He was pleased that the new Duma would not be given to debating.”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“The poor are not property owners, so the democrats ignored them. The nationalists did not. Not”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“VLADIMIR BYKOVSKY, Chuvashia: “Do you allow yourself emotions?” PUTIN: “Unfortunately, I do.” DOBROSLAVA”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“Maintaining the territorial integrity of the state was recently one of our own main problems and priorities. By and large that task has been accomplished. Following these principles, we cannot refuse to apply them to our neighbors.”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“PUTIN: “No civilized state can live without a legislative institution. A great deal depends on the Duma. We expect efficient, systematic work.” ALEXANDER”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“Most meetings of democrats end with the incantation, ‘Let’s complain to Europe.’ Europe, unfortunately, is tired of hearing how wicked Putin is. It would prefer to be fooled and to hear how good he is.”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption & Death in Putin's Russia