Ipse related to Russia

Tim Less

Inserted 1 month ago

“Putin is… planning to mobilise more men, once the election is over. Among other things, he has banned the exit of fighting-age men from the country and banned the antiwar candidate, Boris Nadezhdin, from standing in the election, for fear he may generate opposition to the war effort. Putin appears to have concluded that further mobilisation is essential to press home Russia's advantage on the battlefield and that this is what he will do.”

Aljazeera

Lecturer at Cambridge University's Centre for Geopolitics

18 Mar 2024 5 2

Ella Pamfilova

Inserted 1 month ago

“This is a record figure. The turnout is a record - an unprecedented 77.44 percent. This has never happened in the history of the new Russia. We proved to ourselves that we are an independent nation … and in the face of the West we showed that we are united. We are proud of this.”

Aje

Russia electoral chief

18 Mar 2024 1 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 1 month ago

“No matter who or how much they want to intimidate us, no matter who or how much they want to suppress us, our will, our consciousness - no one has ever succeeded in anything like this in history. It has not worked now and will not work in the future. Never.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

18 Mar 2024 0 3

Svetlana Chunikhina

Inserted 1 month ago

“The deep split within the totalitarian reality is manifested through the way Putin fanatically clings to the necessity of extending his endless cadences through 'election' while fully neutering the very essence of competition and open ending. In Russia, they consider elections as the most prestigious way to legitimise power. But totalitarian reality doesn't generate any prestige. It only generates fear and submissiveness.”

Aljazeera

Vice president of the Association of Political Psychologists, a group in Kyiv

16 Mar 2024 4 2

Boris Bondarev

Inserted 1 month ago

“The low turnout of Putin's electorate could play in favour of the opposition's plan, but only if the anti-Putin electorate mobilises to show up at polling stations. One of the main obstacles to that is the perception among many antiwar Russian citizens that the election is just a spectacle and there is no sense in participating in it. If this reluctance to vote is overcome, then, we may well witness a protest vote significant enough to dent Putin's legitimacy claims, which could dampen the war fervour and plant a seed of doubt in the political elite.”

Aljazeera

Former Russian diplomat

15 Mar 2024 3 2

Marina Miron

Inserted 1 month ago

“Domestically, Putin is poised to prioritise addressing Russia's demographic challenges, a longstanding focus of legislative efforts. On the foreign policy front, Russia is likely to persist in its opposition to what the Kremlin perceives as a unipolar global order dominated by the United States. On the Ukraine war front Putin is committed to continuing the war. From a military standpoint, there is little indication of a shift in the overarching strategy, although some refinements may be made regarding the roles of specific branches of the Russian armed forces, notably the Black Sea Fleet. Russian forces might adopt a gradual territorial expansion approach, particularly focusing on northern regions such as Kharkiv … and southern areas like Odesa.”

Aje

Postdoctoral researcher in the War Studies Department at King’s College London

15 Mar 2024 6 3

Maria Zakharova

Inserted 2 months ago

“As a result of the ill-considered provocative actions of even one or two EU or NATO member states, the Ukrainian crisis could absolutely go beyond its geographical borders, acquire a completely different scale and develop uncontrollably. Accordingly, the question today is how to avoid the risks of further escalation. They are obvious and frightening to all sensible people.”

Reuters

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman

13 Mar 2024 3 5

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“Nevertheless, their [the raiders'] main goal, and I am sure of it, is to disrupt the presidential election in Russia, or at least somehow interfere with the normal process of expressing the will of the citizens. That's the first thing. The second is the information effect, which I have already mentioned. But the third is, if they succeed in getting some opportunity, some advantage, some bargaining chip in a possible future negotiation process: [they will say] we will give this back to you, but you will have to give that back to us.”

Pravda

President of Russia

13 Mar 2024 1 1

Oleksii Baranovskyi

Inserted 2 months ago

“We were well prepared. We chose the most convenient border areas for the incursion and entered … Belgorod and Kursk oblasts of Russia. Now there are combat clashes, and developments are unfolding as we speak. Literally every half hour or hour, some new geographical names [of places reached] appear. We won't name them, as we are still in full control of the initiative. We are Russian citizens. We are going home to liberate our homeland from Putin's dictatorship.”

Aje

Member of the Freedom of Russia Legion

12 Mar 2024 5 1

Steven Basham

Inserted 2 months ago

“If you can actually control the economy, then you can probably move a little bit faster than other countries out there. But the West will have more sustaining power. The West is just starting their ramp-up of building the infrastructure to add in the munitions capability that is needed.”

Cnn

Deputy commander of US European Command

11 Mar 2024 3 4

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 2 months ago

“It is quite understandable that he [the pope] spoke in favour of negotiations. Unfortunately, both the statements of the Pope and the repeated statements of other parties, including ours, have recently received absolutely harsh refusals.”

Aljazeera

Kremlin spokesman

11 Mar 2024 3 3

Maria Zakharova

Inserted 2 months ago

“I can assure you that all attempts to interfere in the domestic affairs of the Russian Federation, in particular, in the process of our [presidential] election are, first of all, doomed to failure, and, secondly, will backfire on them [the Western countries].”

Aje

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman

06 Mar 2024 0 2

Ivar Dale

Inserted 2 months ago

“I noticed during Putin's speech that he said Russia did not start the war. He thought about the risks, he decided to do it, and he failed. The right thing to do now is to withdraw all troops from Ukraine, and not continue to threaten innocent people with a nuclear holocaust.”

Aljazeera

Senior policy adviser with the rights watchdog Norwegian Helsinki Committee

01 Mar 2024 4 3

Alisher Ilkhamov

Inserted 2 months ago

“Putin's regime has not once used the scare of a nuclear war to frighten the West and convince it not to provide military aid to Ukraine. In the past, the scare was usually voiced over by Medvedev and all sorts of propagandists, now it's Putin's turn to announce them. And it wasn't Macron's assumption that irked Putin - it was Ukraine's success in striking airfields, fuel depots, warships and military planes deep in Russia and Russia-occupied areas.”

Aljazeera

Head of Central Asia Due Diligence, a think tank in London

01 Mar 2024 5 3

Aleksey Kushch

Inserted 2 months ago

“Medvedev used to write posts about the riders of the apocalypse in the style of [US filmmaker Quentin] Tarantino, and Putin brought his threats back to the limits of sanity. Now it is Putin who clearly draws a red line about using the nukes.”

Aljazeera

Kyiv-based analyst

01 Mar 2024 3 2

Peter Stano

Inserted 2 months ago

“This is another opportunity for him to spread well-known lies. He continues to deceive his own nation and mislead the public abroad, because there are those who still continue to listen to him. Putin is deceiving the nation, the nation lives under an iron fist and Stalin-style repression, the army is in a catastrophic state, the economy is collapsing, the country's credibility is completely destroyed and his efforts to destroy Ukraine have failed.”

Aje

European Commission spokesperson

29 Feb 2024 4 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“They have announced the possibility of sending Western military contingents to Ukraine … The consequences for possible interventionists will be much more tragic. They should eventually realise that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. Everything that the West comes up with creates the real threat of a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and thus the destruction of civilisation.”

Aje

President of Russia

29 Feb 2024 3 4

Maria Pevchikh

Inserted 2 months ago

“At the beginning of February, Putin was offered to swap the FSB killer, Vadim Krasikov, who is serving time for a murder in Berlin, for two American citizens and Aleksei Navalny. I received confirmation that negotiations were at the final stage in the evening of February 15. On February 16, Aleksei was killed. Aleksei Navalny could have been sitting here now, today. It's not a figure of speech.”

Rferl

Chairwoman of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation

26 Feb 2024 3 1

Dimitar Bechev

Inserted 2 months ago

“Chances for any meaningful negotiations are slim to non-existent. The Russian leadership seems to be hell-bent on fighting until the bitter end. There is no indication Putin and his entourage have changed their initial goals of subjugating Ukraine. If Moscow believes that the tide is shifting in their advantage, what's the point of stopping? The only virtue of a ceasefire and negotiations is to gain the time needed to reconstitute one's forces and start pushing even harder.”

Aljazeera

Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe

24 Feb 2024 4 2

Dmitry Muratov

Inserted 2 months ago

“Alexey Navalny was tortured and tormented for three years. As Navalny's doctor told me: the body cannot endure such things. Murder was added to Alexey Navalny's sentence.”

Aljazeera

Russian Nobel Peace Prize

16 Feb 2024 2 1

Boris Akunin

Inserted 2 months ago

“There is nothing more the dictator can do to Navalny, Navalny is dead and has become immortal. I also think that a murdered Alexey Navalny will be a bigger threat for the dictator than a living one. Most likely, to drown out voices of protest, [Putin] will launch a campaign of terror in the country.”

Aljazeera

Renowned Russian writer who lives in self-imposed exile in Europe

16 Feb 2024 3 1

Aleksei Navalny

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Yamal prison decided to break Vladimir's record of fawning and pleasing the Moscow authorities. They just gave me 15 days in solitary confinement. This is the fourth solitary confinement spell in less than 2 months that I have been with them.”

Reuters

Russian opposition politician

15 Feb 2024 2 1

Aleksei Navalny

Inserted 2 months ago

“Your Honour, I will send you my personal account number so that you can use your huge salary as a federal judge to 'warm up' my personal account, because I am running out of money.”

Reuters

Russian opposition politician

15 Feb 2024 0 1

Boris Nadezhdin

Inserted 3 months ago

“I don't know who exactly decided [that] about me, but I know exactly the reason … because my election rating, the number of people who are ready to vote for me grows 5 percent a week. [The] official understanding is that all the society is for Putin, for [the] special military operation as we call it, but it's not so. Majority of people in Russia want the conflict in Ukraine to stop.”

Aljazeera

Russian opposition politician and 2024 Russia’s presidential hopeful

09 Feb 2024 2 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 months ago

“There have been many successful examples of these talks crowned with success. Probably this is going to be crowned with success as well but we have to come to an agreement.”

Reuters

President of Russia

08 Feb 2024 3 2

Boris Nadezhdin

Inserted 3 months ago

“I collected more than 200,000 signatures across Russia. We conducted the collection openly and honestly - the queues at our headquarters and collection points were watched by the whole world. Taking part in the presidential election in 2024 is the most important political decision of my life. I am not giving up on my intentions.”

Aljazeera

Russian opposition politician and 2024 Russia’s presidential hopeful

08 Feb 2024 1 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 months ago

“I don't know if they did it on purpose or by mistake, but it is obvious that they did it. In any case, what happened is a crime. Either through negligence or on purpose, but in any case, it is a crime. The plane could not have been brought down by Russian friendly fire. There are 'friend or foe' systems there, and no matter how much the operator presses the button, our air defence systems would not work.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

26 Jan 2024 2 2

Andrei Kartopolov

Inserted 3 months ago

“The Ukrainian side was officially warned, and 15 minutes before the plane entered the zone they were given complete information, which they received and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed receipt of. We all know very well what happened next.”

Reuters

Senior Russian lawmaker and a former general with close ties to Russia's defence ministry

25 Jan 2024 3 2

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 3 months ago

“All of a sudden South Korea's rhetoric became even more hostile towards Pyongyang. In Japan as well, we hear aggressive rhetoric and it is seriously talking about setting up NATO infrastructure with U.S. assistance. They're preparing for war with the DPRK.”

Koreatimes

Russian Foreign Minister

24 Jan 2024 6 4

Margarita Zavadskaya

Inserted 3 months ago

“People feel depressed. They feel guilt, shame, sometimes anger. And they are trying to find themselves and reinvent themselves in the new circumstances. The irony of the situation is that the guilt is being felt by those who are against the regime and understand the scale of the tragedy. Unlike previous migration waves, the new voluntary exiles are also more privileged, if not financially, then when it comes to resources they have at their disposal - knowledge, education, and creativity. They can survive and thrive outside of Russia and are also unlikely to go back home.”

Aljazeera

Finland-based political scientist

22 Jan 2024 1 2

Maria Andreyeva

Inserted 3 months ago

“Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has issued a decree that my husband has to be there (in Ukraine). I'm interested to know when he will issue a decree that my husband has to be home. So what's next? The Ministry of Defense has spent its money, now we need to squeeze everything out of our guys, get the last life out of them? So that they come back to us just as stumps? Will they give me the stump? What will I get back? A man without legs, without arms, a sick man? Don't you know what's happening there? All my family's problems can only be solved by one thing - by my husband being demobilised. Because she [toddler daughter] is a completely different child when her father comes home.”

Reuters

Wife of a Russian soldier

20 Jan 2024 2 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 months ago

“Well, if they don't want (to negotiate), then don't! Now it is quite obvious, not only (Ukraine's) counter-offensive failed, but the initiative is completely in the hands of the Russian armed forces. If this continues, Ukrainian statehood may suffer an irreparable, very serious blow.”

Reuters

President of Russia

16 Jan 2024 4 3

Leonid Ragozin

Inserted 4 months ago

“The collapse of the Russian economy that many had hoped would precipitate the demise of Putin's regime also did not materialise. The economy is, in fact, in overdrive due to the unprecedented military spending, with the national gross domestic product (GDP) growing faster than the world's average, wages rising at a record rate and the percentage of people living in poverty falling back to levels not seen since the collapse of the USSR. This overdrive may backfire, but not too soon and likely not catastrophically.”

Aljazeera

Freelance journalist based in Riga

08 Jan 2024 3 3

Vyacheslav Gladkov

Inserted 4 months ago

“Some 300 residents of Belgorod, who decided to temporarily evacuate, are at the moment being housed in temporary shelter centres in Stary Oskol, Gubkin and the Korochansky district.”

Aljazeera

Belgorod region’s Governor

08 Jan 2024 1 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 4 months ago

“Many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, Russian warriors, even now, on this holiday, defend the interests of our country with arms in hand.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

06 Jan 2024 1 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 4 months ago

“We're going to intensify the strikes. No crime against civilians will rest unpunished - that's for certain. We are doing that [hitting military installations] today, and tomorrow, we will continue doing it.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

01 Jan 2024 3 2

Maria Zakharova

Inserted 4 months ago

“We consider such actions unacceptable, especially in relation to such large international commercial projects as Arctic LNG 2, which affect the energy balance of many states. The situation around Arctic LNG 2 once again confirms the destructive role for global economic security played by Washington, which speaks of the need to maintain this security but in fact, by pursuing its own selfish interests, tries to oust competitors and destroy global energy security.”

Aljazeera

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman

27 Dec 2023 3 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 4 months ago

“In Ukraine, those who are aggressive towards Russia, and in Europe and in the United States - do they want to negotiate? Let them. But we will do it based on our national interests. We will not give up what is ours.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

19 Dec 2023 3 5

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 4 months ago

“Russia has no reason, no interest - no geopolitical interest, neither economic, political nor military - to fight with NATO countries.”

Reuters

President of Russia

17 Dec 2023 1 2

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 4 months ago

“Hungary has its own interests. And Hungary, unlike many other EU countries, firmly defends its interests, which impresses us.”

Aljazeera

Kremlin spokesman

15 Dec 2023 2 2

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“This is a record figure. The turnout is a record - an unprecedented 77.44 percent. This has never happened in the history of the new Russia. We proved to ourselves that we are an independent nation … and in the face of the West we showed that we are united. We are proud of this.”

“No matter who or how much they want to intimidate us, no matter who or how much they want to suppress us, our will, our consciousness - no one has ever succeeded in anything like this in history. It has not worked now and will not work in the future. Never.”

“If you can actually control the economy, then you can probably move a little bit faster than other countries out there. But the West will have more sustaining power. The West is just starting their ramp-up of building the infrastructure to add in the munitions capability that is needed.”

“It is quite understandable that he [the pope] spoke in favour of negotiations. Unfortunately, both the statements of the Pope and the repeated statements of other parties, including ours, have recently received absolutely harsh refusals.”

“I can assure you that all attempts to interfere in the domestic affairs of the Russian Federation, in particular, in the process of our [presidential] election are, first of all, doomed to failure, and, secondly, will backfire on them [the Western countries].”

“I noticed during Putin's speech that he said Russia did not start the war. He thought about the risks, he decided to do it, and he failed. The right thing to do now is to withdraw all troops from Ukraine, and not continue to threaten innocent people with a nuclear holocaust.”

“Medvedev used to write posts about the riders of the apocalypse in the style of [US filmmaker Quentin] Tarantino, and Putin brought his threats back to the limits of sanity. Now it is Putin who clearly draws a red line about using the nukes.”

“Alexey Navalny was tortured and tormented for three years. As Navalny's doctor told me: the body cannot endure such things. Murder was added to Alexey Navalny's sentence.”

“The Yamal prison decided to break Vladimir's record of fawning and pleasing the Moscow authorities. They just gave me 15 days in solitary confinement. This is the fourth solitary confinement spell in less than 2 months that I have been with them.”

“Your Honour, I will send you my personal account number so that you can use your huge salary as a federal judge to 'warm up' my personal account, because I am running out of money.”

“There have been many successful examples of these talks crowned with success. Probably this is going to be crowned with success as well but we have to come to an agreement.”

“The Ukrainian side was officially warned, and 15 minutes before the plane entered the zone they were given complete information, which they received and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed receipt of. We all know very well what happened next.”

“All of a sudden South Korea's rhetoric became even more hostile towards Pyongyang. In Japan as well, we hear aggressive rhetoric and it is seriously talking about setting up NATO infrastructure with U.S. assistance. They're preparing for war with the DPRK.”

“Well, if they don't want (to negotiate), then don't! Now it is quite obvious, not only (Ukraine's) counter-offensive failed, but the initiative is completely in the hands of the Russian armed forces. If this continues, Ukrainian statehood may suffer an irreparable, very serious blow.”

“Some 300 residents of Belgorod, who decided to temporarily evacuate, are at the moment being housed in temporary shelter centres in Stary Oskol, Gubkin and the Korochansky district.”

“Many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, Russian warriors, even now, on this holiday, defend the interests of our country with arms in hand.”

“We're going to intensify the strikes. No crime against civilians will rest unpunished - that's for certain. We are doing that [hitting military installations] today, and tomorrow, we will continue doing it.”

“In Ukraine, those who are aggressive towards Russia, and in Europe and in the United States - do they want to negotiate? Let them. But we will do it based on our national interests. We will not give up what is ours.”

“Russia has no reason, no interest - no geopolitical interest, neither economic, political nor military - to fight with NATO countries.”

“Hungary has its own interests. And Hungary, unlike many other EU countries, firmly defends its interests, which impresses us.”

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