I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
VLADIMIR PUTINI’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
VLADIMIR PUTINBetween major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
VLADIMIR PUTINWe shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
VLADIMIR PUTINOur society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.
VLADIMIR PUTINYou can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
VLADIMIR PUTINA figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.
VLADIMIR PUTINSuperpower’ is something which we used during the cold war time.
VLADIMIR PUTINThere are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
VLADIMIR PUTINDemocracy is an internal subject of the developing society.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia 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.
VLADIMIR PUTINJournalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist’s job is very interesting.
VLADIMIR PUTINAbsolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe 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.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.
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