Chrystia Freeland Quotes

I am interested in the subject which is Russia.

Not too many people out there are interested in Russia so much that they really want to watch things about Russia and only about Russia.

There was something about the idea of Russia that I found very intriguing, and I think I had romanticized it a lot.

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.

Whenever you are unhappy ... go to Russia. Anyone who has come to understand that country well will find himself content to live nowhere else.

I like Russia. I love Russians!

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

I'm tired of Italian gangsters. Not that I don't watch 'The Godfather' every morning when I get up and 'Goodfellas' when I go to sleep at night. But I've just always been fascinated by Russia as a country, by the Russian personality. And now Russia is literally a gangster nation.

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and Russian culture.

My wife is from Russia. I like the country, the mentality of the people.

I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone if I say that I like Russia even more.

The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.

Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why so many Russian writers were so tortured.

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

There are a lot of things about Russian culture, art, music, photography and literature that I'm love with.

Putin has big plans for Russia...Hats off to the Russians. I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin.

We have published about 800,000 documents of various kinds that relate to Russia. Most of those are critical; and a great many books have come out of our publications about Russia, most of which are critical.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.