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" Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy. "
Vladimir Putin
Enemy
Russia
NATO
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" Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean. "
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Russia
Natural
" I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. 'Superpower' is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now? "
Vladimir Putin
Past
Now
Time
" I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children. "
Vladimir Putin
Children
I Am
Three
" Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain. "
Vladimir Putin
Union
Back
Brain
" Iraq is a small but very proud nation. "
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Nation
Proud
Very
" Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves. "
Vladimir Putin
Clean
Who
Should
" Europeans are really dying out! "
Vladimir Putin
Out
Europeans
Dying
" I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. "
Vladimir Putin
Principles
World
Foundation
" Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension. "
Vladimir Putin
Ground
Tension
Always
" Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order. "
Vladimir Putin
Understand
Liberals
Order
" Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component. "
Vladimir Putin
Together
World
Believe
" The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism. "
Vladimir Putin
Our
Interpreted
Times
" I spend a little time every day to play sports. "
Vladimir Putin
Time
Every Day
Play
" 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. "
Vladimir Putin
War
Always
Cold
" I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States. "
Vladimir Putin
Strong
Understand
Believe
" If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms. "
Vladimir Putin
Me
Speak
Government
" No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law. "
Vladimir Putin
Trample
Law
Should
" 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. "
Vladimir Putin
Gay
World
Russia
" I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. "
Vladimir Putin
City
Mayor
President
" 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. "
Vladimir Putin
Day
Every Day
Time
" 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. "
Vladimir Putin
First
Partnership
Step
" A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. "
Vladimir Putin
Interest
Work
Russia
" It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not. "
Vladimir Putin
Afraid
Policy
People
" A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care. "
Vladimir Putin
Health
World
Quality
" Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. "
Vladimir Putin
Union
Brains
Heart
" Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. "
Vladimir Putin
Looks
Yes
Natural
" The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength. "
Vladimir Putin
System
Test
Always
" Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win. "
Vladimir Putin
Sports
People
Respect
" One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it, and it is inevitably related to a certain level of risk. "
Vladimir Putin
Risk
Enjoy
Her
" Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world. "
Vladimir Putin
World
Good
Time