Vladimir Putin Quotes
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If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.
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It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.
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Though we still come first in the sphere of gas export, national production has diminished due to the increasing volumes of hydrogenation for the electric power industry and therefore there is a lower need for gas at thermal power plants.
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[Yasuhiro] Yamashita is a respected judo master not only in Japan but across the world. To me, he is an example of an outstanding athlete and a very good man.
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There is something that I have in common with every citizen of Russia, the love for our motherland.
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Russia had to take the necessary measures in order to prevent the situation in Crimea unfolding the way it is now unfolding in southeastern Ukraine. We didn't want any tanks, any nationalist combat units or people with extreme views armed with automatic weapons.
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A policy of expansionism and conquest has no future in the modern world.
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I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].
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Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'
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I hope that the responsible figures in the Ukrainian leadership will not hinder soldiers in the Ukrainian army from putting down their weapons.
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Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us.
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The constitutional reform is supposed to give autonomy to eastern Ukraine and to be adopted by the end of 2015. This has not happened, and the year is over. That's not Russia's fault.
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I have a huge interest in Japan, which is well known, including its history and culture, and so it will be very interesting for me to see and learn more about Japan.
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I believe it is right when not only me, but also my colleagues - the prime minister, ministers, deputies of the State Duma - when they, like today, for example, participate in two marathons, when they visit football matches, when they themselves take part in sport competitions. That is how, inter alia, millions of people start feeling interest in and love for fitness and sports. I believe it is extremely important.
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Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.
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South Korea's investment in Russia has not been smooth, ... Korea had planned to carry out 126 investment projects worth 273 million, but in reality, only 91 projects worth 137 million are under way.
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There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the United States of America and the Russian people.
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To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.
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I believe that the G20 should not interfere [foreign policy], because there are other platforms for that.
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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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I will not meddle in America's internal political squabbles.
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The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.
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Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is just.
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At the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks [about territories]. What command is given in this case in judo? You probably know better than I do: Yoshi (continue). So we will continue.