"When I first visited Moscow in the late 1980s, I was so intimidated. I thought I could be checkmated by every cabdriver."

"And for us in this country to think of having, for example, a dictatorship—a popular form of government in many count…"

"Here are luxury and penury, abundance and the most extreme deprivation, piety and atheism, … and an unbelievable friv…"

"Not only is Moscow “the clearest symbol of the present-day empire,” [Gleb Khodakovsky] argues, but in its current for…"

"This is a Government of to-morrow. ... It is all swagger and pose, and no action. Let it be done. No, he cannot do it…"

"The Communists’ central position was crucial to their war effort, as they had control of the vital populous centres, …"

"By retaining control of St Petersburg and Moscow, the Communists, in a traditional Russian response to attackers, cou…"

"Best view of Moscow is from the belly of the bomber."

"Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it."

"That day in Moscow, it will all come true, when, for the last time, I take my leave, And hasten to the heights that I…"