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" A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. "

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" Terrorism has no nationality or religion. "

" Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be. "

" I read papers, try to watch news programs on television, but, as a rule, recorded. During the day I have no time for that, so I watch something taped. As for the newspapers, I try to get through them every day. Additionally, of course, I look through news bulletins. "

" In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent. "

" I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work. "

" In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president. "

" You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place. "

" Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on. "

" I spend a little time every day to play sports. "

" We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich. "

" All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous. "

" Spying has always gone on since ancient times. "

" The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing. "

" The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. "

" Libya is divided into tribes and clans. "

" No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. "

" My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her - with the goal of saving him. "

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

" Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border. "

" At a certain point, we saw the police cracking down on the Occupy Wall Street activists. I won't call the actions of police appropriate or inappropriate. "

" It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin. "

" China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds. "

" There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. "

" Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics. "

" It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. "

" In almost any country, probably in Russia in particular, it's fashionable to criticise people in power. If you come out in support of someone like me, you're going to be accused of trying to ingratiate yourself. "

" Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world. "

" The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine. "

" Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen. "

" Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle. "