Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
VLADIMIR PUTINI was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker’s family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
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The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.
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Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
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Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history.
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Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom.
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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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It’s better not to argue with women.
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The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.
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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 is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
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Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.
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One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it.
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Life is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
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I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart.
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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me.
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