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" Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. "

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" Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.' "

" The Chechnya problem is a centuries-old problem. The thing is that today, fundamentalists and terrorists are exploiting those centuries-old problems to accomplish their own objectives that have nothing to do whatsoever with the interests of Chechnya. "

" I think we should not control the Internet. "

" How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad? "

" I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal. "

" I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people. "

" In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony. "

" If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S., and that's the way it's done in Russia. "

" My personal position is that society must keep children safe. "

" I am not prejudiced in any way. "

" I swim almost every day, a thousand meters. "

" I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. "

" The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the first decade of the 21 century confirmed that it was a particularly significant and timely step. "

" Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it. "

" It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I believe that the presidential term should be limited. "

" The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature. "

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

" The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. "

" The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles. "

" The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization. "

" President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. "

" Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy. "