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Russia needs a strong state p...

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

However, the 1956 agreement r...

However, the 1956 agreement refers to two islands while the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] is talking about four islands.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

We are ready to deal with any...

We are ready to deal with any President [of U.S], but of course, and I mentioned that, it depends on the readiness of the future Administration.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

It is clear that the internat...

It is clear that the international community has no other universal organisation of the likes of the United Nations.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

Here is an example: while res...

Here is an example: while resolving current issues, our American colleagues made a proposal on the Syrian settlement but then suddenly declared at the UN that they were not going to discuss anything with us. It is necessary to understand what people want in one department versus another department of the United States. Do they have a common position? And this happened many times on very many areas of our cooperation.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

If NATO troops walk in Crimea...

If NATO troops walk in Crimea, they will immediately deploy their forces there. Such a move would be geopolitically sensitive for us because, in this case, Russia would be practically ousted from the Black Sea area. We'd be left with just a small coastline of 450 or 600km, and that's it!

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

There is no need for the Russ...

There is no need for the Russian state to hold such large stakes and we do intend to put our plans into practice. It is not about whether we want it or not, it is about this being practical or not and the best timing. In general, it is practical from at least one point of view - from the point of view of structural changes in the economy.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

Russia hosts a lot of forums,...

Russia hosts a lot of forums, including the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, [usually in the beginning of summer], as well as the Economic Forum in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

At least Germany and France h...

At least Germany and France have recently criticized that the Ukrainian central government has limited certain parts of the autonomy regulations to three years. They were supposed to last permanently.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

I consider the decision of my...

I consider the decision of my colleagues and friends to be the best birthday present.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

The Chancellor [Angela Merkel...

The Chancellor [Angela Merkel] and the European partners would be well-advised to address the problems in eastern Ukraine more thoroughly. Maybe they have too many domestic problems of their own at the moment.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

NATO remains a military allia...

NATO remains a military alliance, and we are against having a military alliance making itself at home right in our own backyard; in our historic territory. I simply cannot imagine that we would travel to Sevastopol to visit NATO sailors. Of course, most of them are wonderful guys, but it would be better to have them come and visit us, be our guests, rather than the other way round.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

One has to be insincere and p...

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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This is not our job, but we a...

This is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

[Economic restrictions] is on...

[Economic restrictions] is one of the elements that is destabilising the world economic order that was at one time created largely by the United States itself at the dawn of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that was later transformed into the World Trade Organisation.

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Concerning our possibilities ...

Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for energy. We suffer dangerous revenue losses in our export of oil and gas, which we can partly compensate for elsewhere. But the whole thing also has a positive side: if you earn so many petrodollars - as we once did - that you can buy anything abroad, this slows down developments in your own country.

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When people communicate freel...

When people communicate freely, when labour force, goods, services and funds move freely as well, when there are no state dividing lines and when we have common legal regulation, for example, in the social sphere - all that is good enough, people should feel free.

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Only a developed society, for...

Only a developed society, for example, only a strong democratic system in modern conditions can create a climate in which any manifestation of terrorism is unacceptable and can also make the state itself stronger.

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I believe that the presidenti...

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

The fact is that there was a ...

The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was a military intervention of the West and NATO against the then rump Yugoslavia.

Vladimir Putin 294 quotes

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