The quote has been around a long time. I don’t necessarily think modern Russia wants to advertise comments from the Soviet Politburo.
Along the same lines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliy_Golitsyn
New Lies for Old
In 1984, Golitsyn published the book New Lies For Old[3], wherein he predicted the collapse of the communist bloc orchestrated from above. He warned about a long-term deception strategy designed to lull the West into a false sense of security, and finally economically cripple and diplomatically isolate the United States. Among other things, Golitsyn stated:
* “The ‘liberalization’ [in the Soviet Union] would be spectacular and impressive. Formal pronouncements might be made about a reduction in the communist party’s role; its monopoly would be apparently curtailed.”
* “If [liberalization] should be extended to East Germany, demolition of the Berlin Wall might even be contemplated.”
* “The European Parliament might become an all-European socialist parliament with representation from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. ‘Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals’ would turn out to be a neutral, socialist Europe.”
And it's definitely a real one:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=the+greatest+geopolitical+catastrophe&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2