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" Spying has always gone on since ancient times. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength. "

" If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies - it will fall apart on its own. "

" Cromwell is just as much of a bloody dictator as was Stalin. "

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

" Back in the mid-18th century, in 1745-1747, Ossetia was the first to become part of the Russian Empire. At that time, it was a united entity; North and South Ossetia were one state. "

" I think we should not control the Internet. "

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

" When the States already had nuclear weapons, and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels. "

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

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

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

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

" I have never stated Russia is an energy superpower, but we have more reserves than almost anybody else. We have always behaved, and we will continue to behave, in a responsible way. We intend to participate in the elaboration of common rules in the energy sector and to abide by rules which are developed together. "

" 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. "

" It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state. "

" No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. "

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

" I am not prejudiced in any way. "