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.
VLADIMIR PUTINEverything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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My personal position is that society must keep children safe.
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The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.
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You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
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There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different countries.
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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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The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.
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Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.
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Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
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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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Terrorism has no nationality or religion.
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No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.
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I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker’s family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
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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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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90’s is final.
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Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.
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Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.
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Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics.
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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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We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.
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If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn’t need foreign enemies – it will fall apart on its own.
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It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.
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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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The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
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I am not prejudiced in any way.
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Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.
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