"President Clinton is a very convenient and pleasant partner..."
"Pope John Paul II is a very intelligent man..."
Vladimir Putin
“An artist, just like a politician, like a teacher, is a person at heart.”
Alexander Shilov

( Nikolai Voronov )
“Yes, you know - I read this, I listen, I just don’t pay attention anymore. It seems that everyone wants to arrange for Chernomyrdin somewhere. Why would that be?”
Viktor Chernomyrdin
“And instead of a vertical of power, we will get such an amoeba, which we will not even be able to collect in the jar that we have today.”
Alexander Rutskoy
“We are not the kind who hide around the corner, the people voted for us, but you can’t hide from the people.”
Egor Stroev

( Vyacheslav Shilov )
“Kotenkov had no right, even if one of us was honest, to christen all of us like that in one fell swoop.”
Nikolay Kondratenko, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory
“We can safely imprison ninety percent of governors without trial or investigation. On the third day they will all have hemorrhoids, their livers and kidneys will be sick, they will all be cancer patients. Our entire society will be terrified: who rules us!”
Ivan Zhdakaev, State Duma deputy, Agropromgroup
“In any city, small or large, in Moscow or in any provincial town, it is impossible for a pedestrian to walk away from cars. In fact, since cars move around the cities, and in large numbers, it means there is still money in circulation!”
Nikolai Kharitonov

( Igor Kiyko )
“Young, unknown and already, so to speak, surrounded by a wave of Clinton scandals.”
Vladimir Lukin
"I can't say the ticket prices are too low. When I say they're affordable, they're affordable. But for those who can afford it."
Valery Shataev, Head of the Passenger Transport Department of the Ministry of Railways
“I believe that within the constitutional field there really is disharmony, and, frankly speaking, constitutional disharmony regarding the separation of powers. This is objective, to die for.”
Alexander Surikov, head of the administration of the Altai Territory
Listened and recorded by Vova Belozertsev