Vladimir Putin

I think happiness is love.

— Vladimir Putin

My English is very bad.

— Vladimir Putin

I love soccer.

— Vladimir Putin

Thieves must sit in prison.

— Vladimir Putin

I do not want to answer provocative question.

— Vladimir Putin

It's better not to argue with women,

— Vladimir Putin

Spying has always gone on since ancient times.

— Vladimir Putin

A happy love needs to be reciprocated.

— Vladimir Putin

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

— Vladimir Putin

Mistakes can occur during hostilities.

— Vladimir Putin

Challenging American leadership is not at stake.

— Vladimir Putin

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

— Vladimir Putin

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

— Vladimir Putin

America's development began with a large-scale ethnic cleansing, unprecedented in human history.

— Vladimir Putin

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.

— Vladimir Putin

The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.

— Vladimir Putin

I believe that the G20 should not interfere [foreign policy], because there are other platforms for that.

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Vladimir Putin

President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy.

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Vladimir Putin

In relations between the states ... the interests of the country should be correlated with the interests of other countries, and compromise…

— Vladimir Putin

How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying…

— Vladimir Putin

I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the…

— Vladimir Putin

We have very close humanitarian contacts [with China], wide-ranging youth exchanges, educational and regional contacts, and all of them continue to develop.

— Vladimir Putin

However, crisis in world trade is, among other things, the result of using political tools in competition or simply for achieving political…

— Vladimir Putin

The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into…

— Vladimir Putin

My job is not only to give medals, you know, which certainly is part of my function. First and foremost, though, my…

— Vladimir Putin

Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or…

— Vladimir Putin

Ukraine is the closest country to us. We have always said that Ukraine is our sister country and it is true. It…

— Vladimir Putin

Russia is a very reliable and big market. I don't remember the figure but, for example, the German machine-building industry has been…

— Vladimir Putin

America is a powerful country and it has earned the right that nobody from the outside can interfere with it or comment…

— Vladimir Putin

One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining…

— Vladimir Putin

You recalled the 1956 declaration, and this declaration established the rules that should be followed by both sides and that should be…

— Vladimir Putin

We have every reason to say, and I note this with great satisfaction, that a truly friendly relationship has evolved with China,…

— Vladimir Putin

I have been to Tokyo and several other cities, but I have never been to Yamaguchi Prefecture. I wonder what it is…

— Vladimir Putin

I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy…

— Vladimir Putin

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

— Vladimir Putin

We didn't have any relationship at all with Trump.

— Vladimir Putin

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

— Vladimir Putin

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

— Vladimir Putin