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"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The song is a commentary and plea that criticises the then-dominant Cold War foreign policy and doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) by the United States and the then existing Soviet Union.
“[T]hrough the Russian people will be realized the last thought of God, the thought of the End of the World.”
“Russians should realize that they are Orthodox in the first place; Russians in the second place; and only in the third place, people.”
“Kremlin-connected media outlets and Vladimir Putin himself have increasingly stoked xenophobia and hyper-nationalism among ethnic Russians, but whenever major Western outlets begin to notice just how bad the situation has become, the Kremlin leader as he has in the past has denounced the slogan “Russia for the [Ethnic] Russians” as dangerous.”
“Russians have always been suckers for greatness. They would sell their last shirt for its elusive promise.”
“A Russian is self-assured just because he knows nothing and does not want to know anything, since he does not believe that anything can be known.”
“[to drivers] not forget that the health and lives of other people depend on you… comply with the established rules of behavior on the road.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
Not who you're looking for? Others named Russians: East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia