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.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England – where liberal value have deep historic roots.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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Life is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
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I have always reacted negatively to those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others’ lives.
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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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Russia’s big owo.
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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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I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.
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Being gay is not a crime.
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Superpower’ is something which we used during the cold war time.
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Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
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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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We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
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f you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God’s sake.
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I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.
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Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
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Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
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