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" A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics. "

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" Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law. "

" You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law. "

" The jihadists come from many European countries, Russia included, and some even from the United States; hundreds of them - if you take Europe, Russia and the U.S. - are fighting in the ranks of extremist groups. "

" If you look at U.S. Congress, 80 percent of them have never left the U.S.A., so I'm not surprised about Russophobia in Congress. "

" Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations. "

" We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows. "

" If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right? "

" The Russian Federation and the United States of America, the two biggest nuclear powers in the world, but apart from nuclear-wise, we have a lot in common. We have huge territories, natural resources, technologies, science, education, and of course human capital. "

" We have been protecting the lives of the Russian peacekeepers who had been attacked by their Georgian comrades, because there was a joint peacekeeping force. "

" Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia. "

" Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation. "

" Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds. "

" When the Georgian army started this assault against the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, the Georgian peacekeepers, serving in one contingent with their Russian friends, joined the army and started killing the Russian comrades in arms. "

" The struggle against terrorists in the territory of Syria should be structured in cooperation with the Syrian government, which clearly stated its readiness to join it. "

" If you think that a coup to overthrow the elected government is a coup everywhere, then you should remember how elections in Ukraine took place in 2004, how elections in Georgia took place in 2003, when the elections results have been torn and thrown away by revolutionary action. "

" We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one else does. "

" Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices. "

" I very much hope that the United States will finally... realise that they can no longer act as the prosecutor, the judge, and the executioner in every part of the world and that they need to cooperate to resolve issues. "

" The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis. "

" I hope that the United States would cooperate with the partners to reduce its debt. The debt is a problem. The debt is with you, but unfortunately, the debt is not only with you but with us and with the rest of the world because we all, one way or another, are dependent on the dollar. "

" I don't want to say that sanctions are ridiculous and that we couldn't care less; these are not pleasant things... We find little joy in that, but there are no painful sensations. We have lived through tougher times. "

" We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy. "

" I don't believe in ideology in international relations. "

" We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in one piece, territorially integral, sovereign, independent and secular, where the rights of all groups, ethnic and others, are fully respected. "

" We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons. "

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" All our security now depends on the wise decisions and cooperation of our leaders. "

" Iran will be the most checked and inspected country if the principles agreed in Lausanne are transferred into the language of practical agreements. "

" If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow. "

" If our interests - our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians - have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia, for example, I do not see any other way but to respond in accordance with international law. "

" On September 11, 2001, Russia's then-president, Vladimir Putin, called U.S. President George W. Bush - making Putin the first international leader to speak with Bush after the attacks. "