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We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

Boris Yeltsin

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended the moment the first hammer pounded the Berlin Wall.
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Firsts Hammer Wall
We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.
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Country Living People Ready
Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world.
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Country Ideas People Territory World
I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: “Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.
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Lying Principle Society
Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won’t last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.
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And Speech Freedom Last War
We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.
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Country Peace People Political Want
I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That’s my way to relax.
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Crazy Mad Tree
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
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Flame Mean Men
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia’s history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.
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Country Errors Mistakes People
Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country… They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.
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Clouds Country Night
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
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Money Temptation Tests
A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
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Country People Population
International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
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Challenges Country People Terrorism
I understand that it’s hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions… we’ll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we’ll have to work on overcoming it.
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Giving Overcoming Work
Let’s not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.
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Ideas Sky Talking
We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
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Country People Work

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