Issues Quotes by Vladimir Putin
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Populism is called useless or harmful, and the speaker says his own view on the issue is clear. He stresses that political problems, even in places like Syria, should be handled by the people who live there. He adds that nuclear powers have an extra responsibility to manage their weapons wisely.
![“The absence of a peace treaty [with Japan] is an anachronism we inherited from the past and it must be removed. However, how to do this is a complicated issue.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/74b/vladimir-putin-261_absence_the-absence-of-a-peace-treaty-with-japan_2791393.jpg)
![“There are also fundamental issues related to what the current leader, President [Barack] Obama, said. I am referring to his idea about American exceptionalism. I am skeptical about this idea.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2f6/vladimir-putin-261_american-exceptional_there-are-also-fundamental-issues-relate_3042565.jpg)
![“As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [Shinzō Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up at our last meeting in Lima and asked me straightforwardly whether we would agree to let Japanese citizens travel on a visa-free basis, resolve the issue in such a…” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e99/vladimir-putin-261_abe_as-regards-humanitarian-issues-and-how-t_2331078.jpg)
![“Everything that we [with Shindzo Abe] are talking about has come to us as a result of the events of 70 years ago. In some way or other, during these 70 years we have been involved in some kind of dialogue on the issue, and that includes the conclusion of a peace treaty.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/605/vladimir-putin-261_abe_everything-that-we-with-shindzo-abe-are_2605640.jpg)
![“The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even, as diplomats say, our views are identical. We often have shared positions on key issues of the modern international agenda.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fb7/vladimir-putin-261_agendas_the-level-of-our-political-trust-with-ch_1146835.jpg)
![“There is progress in the sense that the Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] has proposed, outlined, as it were, directions for movement toward a peace treaty and the resolution of issues related to territorial problems. Now, what did he propose? He proposed promoting an environment of trust and…” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f24/vladimir-putin-261_abe_there-is-progress-in-the-sense-that-the_85929.jpg)
![“The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] also highlighted the need to address general humanitarian issues. We already mentioned one of these issues: visa-free travel by Japanese citizens to the South Kuril Islands.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/991/vladimir-putin-261_abe_the-prime-minister-shinz-abe-also-highli_2373518.jpg)
![“We see that leaders in Western Europe [there are some debates of course, we also see that and analyse it all] stick to, I cannot say right or wrong ones, it always depends on someone's view, but I think, very pragmatic approaches in addressing economic issues.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4ae/vladimir-putin-261_approach_we-see-that-leaders-in-western-europe-th_1287164.jpg)
![“This is the large range of issues we have to discuss [with Shinzō Abe] and make a decision on each one of them. Look, after the resumption of the negotiating process in 2000, we did not refuse to consistently work toward signing this peace treaty.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3bd/vladimir-putin-261_abe_this-is-the-large-range-of-issues-we-hav_1547013.jpg)
![“We handed over nothing, those territories [Tarabarov Island to China] were disputed and we have been negotiating this issue with the People's Republic of China, let me stress that, for 40 years, and finally managed to come to an agreement. One part of the territory was assigned to Russia, while…” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e86/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_we-handed-over-nothing-those-territories_1872338.jpg)
