Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.
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The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.
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Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.
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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.
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I have some rules of my own. One of them is never to regret anything.
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Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
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I’m convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.
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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
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Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.
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My English is very bad.
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My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust.
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Prisons where people can’t even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don’t think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.
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The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.
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Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the major geopolitical disaster of the century.
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