Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
VLADIMIR PUTINThere are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust.
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Superpower’ is something which we used during the cold war time.
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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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I am not prejudiced in any way.
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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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I don’t read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.
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Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
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I spend a little time every day to play sports.
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It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.
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One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.
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I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.
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I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
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Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
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Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
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Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.
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