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Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

— Winston Churchill

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Anton Yelchin

Russia is tough. The history, the land, the people - brutal.

— Henry Rollins

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

— Marc Almond

Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country.

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Russia knows of the vulnerability of her frontiers in this part of the world.

— Aly Khan

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

— Fareed Zakaria

Putin is sometimes described as a revanchist, seeking to recreate the Soviet Union. That is a useful shorthand, but it is not really accurate.

— Robert Zubrin

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

— Agnes Smedley

The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever.

— Robert Gottlieb

✗Opposing Perspectives

Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?

— Nikolai Gogol