We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow.

- Klement Gottwald

I don't dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back - that was it.

- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York.

- Roman Abramovich

The first thing I did when I decided that I was going to dive into the world of poop was look at who was doing stuff in that world. The first I came across was the World Toilet Organization. So one of the first things I did was to go to their annual show in Moscow.

- Rose George

One of my books, called 'Moscow Station,' revealed that a KGB archivist had defected from Russia to the FBI. And I knew that he was safe, and revealing this would not jeopardize him. But nevertheless, the FBI started a leak investigation.

- Ronald Kessler

I don't like Moscow. It's not my city.

- Oleg Deripaska

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

- Natalia Vodianova

In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovich's compositions and Prokofiev's were no longer to be played.

- Mstislav Rostropovich

There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells, and Andre Gide.

- Luke Harding

I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

- Alexander Pushkin

I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.

- Kenneth Branagh

But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.

- Gyorgy Ligeti

If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow.

- Gyorgy Ligeti

There must be pressure on Moscow so that we have negotiations. Moscow will not succeed by unilaterally backing Bashar al-Assad.

- Francois Hollande

There is a very strong theatre-going tradition in Moscow. It has stayed strong.

- Dasha Zhukova

I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.

- Dasha Zhukova

The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.

- Bob Schaffer

We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

- Alexei Navalny