Brzezinski: Some statements about Russia

"If Russian will be foolish enough to try to rebuild his empire, they narvutsya such conflicts, Chechnya and Afghanistan seem to them a picnic»

"We have destroyed the Soviet Union and destroy Russia. The chances you have no »

"Russia - is generally a plus countries."

"Orthodoxy - the main enemy of America."

"Russia - the defeated power. She lost a titanic struggle. And to say "it was not Russia, but the Soviet Union" - means to escape from reality. It was a Russian, called the Soviet Union. She challenged the United States. She was defeated. Now it is not necessary to feed the illusion of great power Russia. We must discourage this way of thinking ... Russia is fragmented and under guardianship. "

"Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it can not be both. If Russia will remain a Eurasian state, will pursue Eurasian goal, it remains an imperial and imperial traditions of Russia should be isolated. We will not monitor this situation passively. All the European countries and the United States should be united in their attitude towards Russia. "

"The country is so vast scale, a country of ten time zones can develop successfully in the event that it ceases to be centralized and will not be controlled more and more parasitic elite, situated in one place»

& quot; ... Russia, arranged on the basis of a loose confederation, which would include the European part of Russia, the Siberian Republic and a Far Eastern Republic, it would be easier to develop closer economic ties with Europe, with the new states of Central Asia and the East, thus would accelerate the development of the Russian

"For Russia, the only geo-strategic choice, as a result of which it could play a meaningful role in the international arena" - a transatlantic Europe with expanding the EU and NATO & quot ;.

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