Vladimir Putin Quotes (145 Quotes)


    Russia cannot stay indifferent to the fact that an explosive potential is accumulating in the Middle East,

    Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

    Even in our country, in Russia, which did more than any to combat fascism, for the victory of fascism, which did most to save the Jewish people, even in our country we sometimes unfortunately see manifestations of this problem and I, too, am ashamed of that,

    Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

    Last week Defense Ministry officials expressed concern over the problems the ministry was facing in the implementation of its development plans, ... These problems are due to the lack of coordinated actions between different ministries and departments. The prime minister made a relevant proposal - to appoint Sergei Ivanov, while retaining his defense minister post, a deputy prime minister for better coordination in this sphere.


    I can say that the attitude of the Russian Federation towards the United States will be one of stability and predictability,

    Stability in the region is seriously threatened, above all from national religious extremism and intolerance, the main source of which today is in Kosovo.

    I'm convinced the Ukrainian people and leadership will find a right decision,

    The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

    Our two countries share a common position on the international strategic balance, ... In the world today, in the international situation, this position is very important.

    During last week's Defense Ministry meeting, participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry has been having in realizing its plans for future development, ... These problems are connected with non-agreement of the activities of various ministries and departments.

    I want to reiterate my condolences and express not only the sympathy but also the support of the whole Russian people to Americans,

    Thanks in large part to you and your active, fruitful efforts, Russia achieved fundamental successes in building a democratic government based on the rule of law and a civilized civil society, as well as in reviving traditional spiritual values.

    There is a long-felt need to confer legal status onto the activity of Cossack units, ... Today, the Cossack movement is reviving.

    I hope we will preserve the positive potential that has been accumulated over the past years,

    Effective work can only be developed at the federal level through joint activity between the government and the administration,

    We intend to jointly carry out major infrastructure projects, including building a northern European pipeline. Europeans will control production and consumption,

    The crime today is without doubt an attempt to destabilize the situation on the eve of parliamentary elections,

    The remaining bandits will try to kill and to threaten in order to intimidate people, in order to frustrate the dynamic political process.

    You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

    In the next 72 hours they should approach official representatives of federal bodies to discuss the following questions a method of disarming illegal formations and groups and a way to include them in civilian life in Chechnya.

    I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

    In that case, this would give an additional impulse to international terrorists and to their activities, and could lead to the spread of terrorism to other parts of the world.

    We see that the terror attacks are more and more often directed against the civilian population, ... But we will bring this to a conclusion, we will make sure the people in Chechnya live a normal life.

    There are various ways to control the situation we will undertake all steps necessary to settle all these problems and issues, not aggravate them.

    Today's meeting was extremely important and brought exceptional results, ... The talks have shown that the long-term national and geopolitical interests of Russia and India coincide.

    This is a very special place for Orthodox Christians and the whole Christian world. In Russia, we always held the monks who lived here in great admiration and respect.


    Trade has grown at a record high rate every year, ... Dutch capital investment in the Russian economy in the last five years has increased 20-fold... This is an absolute record.

    Well I also want to say something to that topic. I am astonished that our internal law-making is of such great interest to foreign governments.

    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.

    It is wrong to brand a whole people. Criminal and terrorists have neither nationality or religion.


    I'm certain that they will achieve nothing. The people of Russia will not allow it.

    Cooperation between Russia and France really is in the interests of both states, ... I'm not even so sure today that there has been a cooling in our relations.

    This is the first time in contemporary history that Russia has allowed a foreign partner into gas production on a gigantic field, which will be exploited for decades.

    But of course we want to build and will build partnership with all countries and all associations, including NATO. In my view, our dialogue with the North Atlantic Alliance has been developing quite well in recent years,

    This is particularly important now that the adoption of a new Iraqi constitution and the organization of elections under Resolution 1546 of the UN Security Council are on the agenda,

    Russia is a suitable partner for resolving such problems, given the country's highly developed nuclear energy sector, highly skilled staff, experts and comprehensive nuclear infrastructure.

    We are optimists. It's quite possible for us to reach an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture on Russian territory to enrich uranium for Iranian nuclear energy needs.

    As I told you from the beginning that main efforts must be concentrated within the government,

    We discussed this very important issue yesterday over a beer.

    Today I told George that in Russia we, too, will draw our conclusions

    You know, like every country in the world, Russia is a target of terrorist attacks and unfortunately our country, like many others, does not always turn out to be able to effectively repulse these attacks, work to prevent terrorist attacks,

    The reinforcement of the military base in Kant is a priority of our cooperation. We are interested in building up its resources.

    This initiative, besides political steps that lead to nuclear anarchy in the world and the destruction of the entire system of treaties, does not result in the desired military strategic achievements,

    We are categorically against using the thesis of human rights as a pretext to prevent Russia from restoring order in the region,

    We see cooperation with our foreign partners as the future of our aerospace industry,

    The direct participation by the United Nations alone in the rebuilding of Iraq will enable its people themselves to decide on their future.

    Even only a short time ago, a meeting of this type bringing together the leaders of Russia and NATO member states, especially bearing in mind the format in which we meet today and its quality, would have been simply unthinkable.


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