We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law. — Vladimir Putin Bears Copy Share Image
The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The reputation of those countries which cater to the foreign policy interests of other states at the expense of their own national… — Vladimir Putin Action Copy Share Image
It is true that the role of the state in the Russian economy may be too big today, but from the fiscal… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at… — Vladimir Putin Action Copy Share Image
I would like to assure you that there is no organization or any sort of repression against people who don’t agree with… — Vladimir Putin Action Copy Share Image
Our economy has become completely different, on the whole. The size has changed. The economy has almost doubled in size. And the… — Vladimir Putin Armed forces Copy Share Image
In Russia, we are ready to listen to our partners, ready to listen to appraisals and assessments when it is done in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I've repeatedly seen the anti-Russian card played during domestic political campaigns in the States. I think that it's a very short-sighted approach.… — Vladimir Putin Calm Copy Share Image
Do you think that it is possible to have a dialogue with the representatives of Lugansk and Donetsk if they all are… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Sanctions have nothing to do with this [relations with the People's Republic of China]. The decline in our mutual trade has objective… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because… — Vladimir Putin Acting Copy Share Image
Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] and I have spoken a lot, and we said all the right things, in my opinion, about creating… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased. — Vladimir Putin Being Copy Share Image
BP found itself in a difficult situation after the tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico. We did everything we could to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There are some gestures, of course, that you can only interpret one way. But no one has ever seen those kinds of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we would like to… — Vladimir Putin Concluding Copy Share Image
Prisons where people can't even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don't think we should put all… — Vladimir Putin Convicts Copy Share Image
We are ready to meet [with Donald Trump] at any time, this is no problem for us, but I believe we should… — Vladimir Putin Administration Copy Share Image
If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all… — Vladimir Putin Democracy Copy Share Image
We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite… — Vladimir Putin Democracy Copy Share Image
Russia itself is a European country, and not just because our major political and economic centres are in Europe, but because Russian… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I hope that there will be no particular need for us to attract external funding. It is worth noting that despite the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and… — Vladimir Putin Economy Copy Share Image
Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to… — Vladimir Putin Contribution Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is targeting the traditional Republican voters, the average person with an average income, the working class, a certain group of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
But if the U.S. were to leave and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united and sovereign country, that would… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Of course, it's always bad to lose, of course it's always a hardship when you lose to yesterday's miners or yesterday's tractor… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
What is a uni-polar world? No matter how we beautify this term, it means one single centre of power, one single centre… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I did not know that [ the Chancellor Angela Merkel is a bit frightened of dogs]. I wanted to make her happy.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level. — Vladimir Putin Absolutes Copy Share Image
![“We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c48/vladimir-putin-261_council_we-should-find-other-platforms-other-for_759143.jpg)
![“If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint efforts toward ensuring international security, and not only in the Far East.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/20f/vladimir-putin-261_achieve_if-we-do-it-if-we-work-to-achieve-all-th_860468.jpg)
![“Sanctions have nothing to do with this [relations with the People's Republic of China]. The decline in our mutual trade has objective causes, which are the energy prices and the exchange rate difference. But the physical volumes have not decreased, quite the opposite actually. They are growing.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6ec/vladimir-putin-261_causes_sanctions-have-nothing-to-do-with-this-r_1424535.jpg)
![“Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] and I have spoken a lot, and we said all the right things, in my opinion, about creating an atmosphere of trust and friendship between our nations and peoples.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b85/vladimir-putin-261_abe_prime-minister-shinz-abe-and-i-have-spok_298163.jpg)
![“We are ready to meet [with Donald Trump] at any time, this is no problem for us, but I believe we should be patient and wait for the complicated process of forming the new administration to be complete.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8c5/vladimir-putin-261_administration_we-are-ready-to-meet-with-donald-trump-a_2862834.jpg)
![“Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/248/vladimir-putin-261_contribution_russia-will-always-remember-the-contribu_2511618.jpg)
![“I did not know that [ the Chancellor Angela Merkel is a bit frightened of dogs]. I wanted to make her happy. When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologized, of course.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2f4/vladimir-putin-261_angela_i-did-not-know-that-the-chancellor-angel_2397288.jpg)
