Vladimir Yakunin quotes
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“The Soviet Union attempted to export communism to the entire world. We know what came of that. Now the West is trying to export democracy, including to regions where there is no traditional foundation for it. That cannot end well.”
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“You can throw a bucket of cold water on Russians, and we can take it. But one shouldn't humiliate us!”
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“A war must be avoided at all costs. Russia is against any type of use of external force.”
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“In the minds of many Western politicians, military interventions and air strikes appear to have become legitimate policy tools since the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia during the 1990s. That's how they intend to bring everyone into line who don't share the Western view of democratization of society and the liberalization of the economy. But there is no future for that kind of globalization.”
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“What right does the West have to constantly criticize Russia? There are a few things about the West that I don't like either. But I am not constantly pointing my finger and criticizing things that are a country's internal affairs.”
-- Vladimir Yakunin
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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
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Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.
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“I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.”
Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
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“I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.”
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“I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union.”
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“Im a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.”
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