Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
VLADIMIR PUTINAbsolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
VLADIMIR PUTINDespite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.
VLADIMIR PUTINOne 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.
VLADIMIR PUTINRussia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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 PUTINThe growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.
VLADIMIR PUTINRadicals can be found in any environment.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90’s is final.
VLADIMIR PUTINPrisons where people can’t even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don’t think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
VLADIMIR PUTINLife is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
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 PUTINAny fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history.
VLADIMIR PUTINIf 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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