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" For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside. "
Vladimir Putin
Outside
Democracy
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" The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should be having any doubts. "
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" The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. "
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" Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet. "
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" No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization. "
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" 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. "
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" In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony. "
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" Terrorism has no nationality or religion. "
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" Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.' "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia - I believe that is my greatest wealth. "
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" The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing. "
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" I love soccer. "
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" Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence. "
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" The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres - economic, political and humanitarian - and has imposed itself on other states. "
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" 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. "
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" Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen. "
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Nobody
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" Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won. "
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" If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don't care about a person's sexual orientation. "
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" 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. "
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" Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension. "
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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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" In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased. "
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" I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal. "
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" We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. "
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" I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children. "
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" 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. "
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" Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting. "
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