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Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy. -- Bidzina Ivanishvili
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. -- Garry Kasparov
China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy. -- Michael Anti
Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices. -- Sergei Lavrov
The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles. -- Vladimir Putin
Two decades after communism and the alleged end of the Cold War, Russia is still a cash economy. The preferred currency is dollars, though euros are also acceptable. -- Luke Harding
Reagan won the Cold War by first restoring America's economy and military and then staring down an economically weakened Soviet Union. He knew defeating Russia couldn't be accomplished without laying the groundwork. -- Kathleen Troia McFarland
Visas represent one bureaucratic obstacle, so to say and, if removed, might increase the inflow of Russian money into the Czech economy. And not only Russian money, but Russian tourists, Russian entrepreneurs and so on. -- Milos Zeman
Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's. -- Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around - decisively - the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. -- Paul Johnson
Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is oil and natural gas. When was the last time anyone bought a Russian computer? A Russian car? A Russian cell phone? Russia is so dependent on high energy prices that if oil falls below $100 a barrel, the Kremlin can't meet payroll. -- Kathleen Troia McFarland
America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy. -- Mike Pence
Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough -- Kenneth Rogoff
The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it. -- Michael Bloomberg
The Russian economy is tanking. It's gotten so bad that today Vladimir Putin had to pawn his stolen Super Bowl ring. And Putin will finance his next invasion on Kickstarter. -- David Letterman
Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price oil. And number three, Lindsay Lohan has quit drinking vodka. -- David Letterman
It is true that the role of the state in the Russian economy may be too big today, but from the fiscal standpoint, it is not always practical to do this in a falling market. -- Vladimir Putin

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