Being gay is not a crime.
VLADIMIR PUTINDemocracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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Superpower’ is something which we used during the cold war time.
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It’s better not to argue with women.
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No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.
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Radicals can be found in any environment.
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I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past.
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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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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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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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We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.
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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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The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
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I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.
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U.S. society doesn’t want to play the role of international policeman.
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The whole world recognizes Russia’s cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.
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A considerable share of the world’s population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.
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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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Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.
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Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.
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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 spend a little time every day to play sports.
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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
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What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.
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No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
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Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
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