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

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" We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement. "

" 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. "

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" Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right. "

" Few people understand the magnitude of the catastrophe that happened late in the 1980s when the Communist Party had failed to modernize the Soviet Union. "

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" I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime. "

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" The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism. "

" No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used, not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists. "

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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. "

" The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force. "

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" The Eurasian union is a project meant to preserve the identities of nations and the historic Eurasian community in the new century, in a new world. "