<blockquote>'Putin's entire chain of command is built on a foundation of corruption.'
- Sergei Kolesnikov (
Kremlin Whistle-Blower: 'Putin Has No Option But To Stay In Power', November 25, 2014)
'I think we need to prepare ourselves for a prolonged conflict in which Russia will use all the means at its disposal.'
- Norbert Roettgen (
Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin, November 25, 2014)
'.. Russia's weaponization of information and its implications.'
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Podcast: The Kremlin's Mind Bombs, November 26, 2014</blockquote>
Context '..Ukraine and the West must understand what Putin is doing and call it by its rightful names: invasion, Anschluss, provocation, intimidation, and panic-sowing..'<blockquote>
(Russia) - '..the sanctions must be maintained..''..Russia .. rooting out corruption.' (November 19, 2014)'..the Putin Doctrine..' - Timothy Garton Ashjuly'..Russia .. teeming with corrupt parasites .. consuming the bear from within.''Russia has chosen the role of pariah..' - Philip Hammond'..the empire of lies that Putin has created has real-world consequences..''..A real “great power” today .. a country like Sweden which hasn’t fought a war for 200 years..''I have said it so often: if the West does not stabilize the East, the East will destabilize the West.' - Václav HavelEurope - '..as little as six per cent of its total energy mix, comes from Russia.'</blockquote>