Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the major geopolitical disaster of the century.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.
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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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If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority.
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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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I have some rules of my own. One of them is never to regret anything.
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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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It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one’s own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.
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The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.
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Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.
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The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
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You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
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The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.
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Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England – where liberal value have deep historic roots.
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Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy.
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I believe that the presidential term should be limited.
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