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    Ravina Shamdasani “According to international law, Israel must ensure civilians have access to medical care, adequate food, safe water and sanitation. Failure to meet these obligations may amount to forced displacement, which is a war crime. There are strong indications that this [Rafah offensive] is being conducted in violation of international humanitarian law.” 10 hours ago
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Russia - West relations

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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“We are strong people and can cope with any challenge. Like our ancestors, we will solve any problem, the entire thousand-year history of our country speaks of this. In the current situation, against a backdrop of increasing risks for us and threats, Russia's decision to conduct a special military operation was forced - difficult, of course, but forced and necessary.”

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President of Russia
17 Jun 2022 0 2
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Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov

“The collective West has declared total hybrid war on us and it is hard to predict how long all this will last but it is clear the consequences will be felt by everyone, without exception. We did everything to avoid a direct clash - but now that the challenge has been thrown down, we of course accept it. We are no strangers to sanctions: they were almost always there in one form or another.”

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Russian Foreign Minister
14 May 2022 4 3
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Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov

“If you are worried about the prospect of war in Europe - we do not want that at all. But I draw your attention to the fact that it is the West that is constantly and persistently saying that in this situation, it is necessary to defeat Russia. Draw your own conclusions.”

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Russian Foreign Minister
11 May 2022 3 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“Last year, we suggested to NATO countries that we sign a security treaty, but they did not want to hear us, they had completely different plans, and an attack on Crimea was being prepared. The alliance began military development of the territories adjacent to us.”

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President of Russia
09 May 2022 2 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“They have moved to terror - to preparing the murder of our journalists. Another task has come to the fore: to split Russian society and destroy Russia from within. It is not working. Foreign media organisations and social media had been used by the West's spies to confect provocations against Russia's armed forces. Prosecutors should react swiftly to fake news and reports that undermined order. They are often mainly organised from abroad, organised in different ways - either the information comes from there or the money. Prosecutors should fight extremism more actively.”

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President of Russia
25 Apr 2022 9 2
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Benn Steil
Benn Steil

“We are at the point where we have to take some pain. The initial batches of sanctions were crafted as much to not hurt us in the West as much as they were to hurt Russia.”

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International economics director for the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in New York
06 Apr 2022 3 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“In order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open rouble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting from tomorrow. If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either - that is, existing contracts will be stopped.”

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President of Russia
31 Mar 2022 3 2
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture, our people. I am talking about the gradual discrimination against everything linked to Russia… a tendency unfolding in a number of Western countries.”

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President of Russia
25 Mar 2022 3 3
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Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov

“If there was any illusion that we could one day rely on our Western partners, this illusion is no longer there. What the Americans want is a unipolar world which would not be like a global village but like an American village - or maybe like a saloon where you know the strongest calls the shots. We will now have to rely only on ourselves and on our allies who stay with us. We are not closing the door on the West - they are doing so.”

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Russian Foreign Minister
18 Mar 2022 3 3
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Fotios Moustakis
Fotios Moustakis

“The truth of the matter is that since 2008 and following the Bucharest NATO Summit Declaration, Russia has made it clear to the West that Ukraine will not be allowed to escape Russian orbit and influence. Russia openly and consistently declared that the Bucharest NATO Summit Declaration in April 2008, which confirmed that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members, was a colossal strategic mistake and posed a direct threat to the core strategic interests of Russia. But the invasion of Ukraine is not about re-establishing a Soviet Empire 2.0. It is about securing what is considered vital to Russian strategic interests. If Russian interests are not taken into consideration by the West, Putin will wreck Ukraine, which he is currently in the process of doing. Russia does not have the desire or capacity to fully occupy the country. Neutrality is a panacea to solving the current crisis, and Finland is the model that provides a reasonable path ahead.”

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Associate professor in strategic studies at the University of Plymouth
15 Mar 2022 9 5
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Sash Tusa
Sash Tusa

“It will get progressively harder for Russians to travel for two reasons. One is that Russian airspace is closed to Western aircraft. In addition, international travel becomes extremely difficult as support for Western-built airline aircraft in Russia is withdrawn.”

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Aerospace and defence analyst for Agency Partners LLP in London
08 Mar 2022 5 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“Sanctions will be imposed in any case. Whether they have a reason today, for example, in connection with the events in Ukraine, or there is no such reason - it will be found, because the goal is different, in this case the goal is to slow down the development of Russia and Belarus. With this aim, there will always be a reason to introduce certain illegitimate restrictions, and this is nothing more than unfair competition. Sanctions pressure is absolutely illegitimate.”

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President of Russia
18 Feb 2022 4 3
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Valery Shiryaev
Valery Shiryaev

“Such a large military presence is not unprecedented. Ukrainian newspapers reported the presence of as many as 100,000 Russian soldiers in bordering regions several years ago. This number is constant because of a continuous cycle of military exercises taking place in these regions that have seen military personnel come and go with each new drill. Now these exercises are being used as part of a system of military-political pressure. No one knows whether the results will be achieved, but [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has already forced Western countries to sit down at the negotiating table. This is already a victory.”

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Military columnist for Novaya Gazeta
18 Feb 2022 4 3
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Maria Zakharova
Maria Zakharova

“The OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] informed the participating states of the decision by 'a number of countries' to relocate their national staff of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine 'due to deteriorating security conditions'. These decisions cannot but cause our serious concern. The OSCE move further inflamed tensions over Ukraine. The monitoring mission could be used as a tool to stage a possible provocation. We call on the OSCE leadership to resolutely stop attempts to manipulate the mission and prevent the organization from being drawn into dirty political games.”

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Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman
13 Feb 2022 4 3
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Eugene Chausovsky
Eugene Chausovsky

“I think Russia wants to signal that it's very serious about the potential for war. And I think it will be preparing for what that could look like. It wants to send a message to Ukraine, its Western backers and their citizens to extract as many concessions as possible or at least some kind of understanding. Russia is using these military buildups and exercises as a form of leverage to signal to the West that it wants to rewrite the rules of the security order in Europe. However, actually taking military action would completely change the situation and would deprive Russia of this leverage.”

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Geopolitical analyst at Newlines Institute and former Eurasia analyst
09 Feb 2022 3 3
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Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov

“In recent days there has been nothing new on the topic of security guarantees for Russia. Our Western interlocutors prefer not to mention this topic. Instead statements were pouring in from Western capitals about a looming Russian attack on Ukraine.”

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Kremlin spokesman
07 Feb 2022 2 2
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Leonid Ragozin
Leonid Ragozin

“For the moment, the confrontation with Western powers remains by far the most important source of Putin's legitimacy. By choosing Russia as an enemy, the US and its allies are empowering his dictatorial regime. The West would do well to step back from geopolitical adventurism and the dangerous game of brinkmanship with Putin and instead, channel its efforts towards nurturing a genuine liberal democracy and 21st century governance in a militarily neutral Ukraine.”

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Freelance journalist based in Riga
30 Jan 2022 7 2
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