Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics.
VLADIMIR PUTINWe must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
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Life is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
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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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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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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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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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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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Prisons 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.
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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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I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world.
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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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Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
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Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.
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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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