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" We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable. "
Vladimir Putin
War
Cold
Cold War
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" I spend a little time every day to play sports. "
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" Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted. "
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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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" I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much. "
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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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" My personal position is that society must keep children safe. "
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" At a certain point, we saw the police cracking down on the Occupy Wall Street activists. I won't call the actions of police appropriate or inappropriate. "
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" 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. "
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" There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. "
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" The Russian parliament has condemned the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. "
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" I think happiness is love. "
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" A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. "
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" I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people. "
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" Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism. "
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" The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. "
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" You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important. "
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" We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. "
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" Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension. "
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" In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated. "
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Run
Nobody
" I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. "
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Mayor
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" 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. "
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" Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics. "
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" Cromwell is just as much of a bloody dictator as was Stalin. "
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" The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. "
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" Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation. "
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" Iraq is a small but very proud nation. "
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" 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. "
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