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" Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots. "

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" 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. "

" Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. "

" In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression. "

" Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation. "

" I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected. "

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

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

" Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet Union, because there is no Soviet Union anymore. And where there was the Soviet Union once, there is now a number of countries, among them the new and democratic Russia. "

" I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way. "

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

" No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law. "

" 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. "

" Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth. "

" China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds. "

" As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad. "

" Spying has always gone on since ancient times. "

" 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 growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects. "

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

" The Russian parliament has condemned the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. "