[Blogger]

The quote has been around a long time. I don’t necessarily think modern Russia wants to advertise comments from the Soviet Politburo.

[Pantera]

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.”

[ETL]

"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2063327/posts?page=3#3

[ETL]

This is the quote we need to be worried about: (it follows the photos)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2063327/posts?page=3#3

And it's definitely a real one:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=the+greatest+geopolitical+catastrophe&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2