The man's got to do what I ask him to do and he's got to do it now. That don't go over very well.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"There is a realization at the end of the day that despite all the profits that Russia got from its sale of oil and gas over the last 10 years, that unless it modernizes its economy and reforms it, it will be a declining power."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18