The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We conducted talks on border issues with our friends in the People's Republic of China for 40 years. There were also issues… — Vladimir Putin Borders Copy Share Image
Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy… — Vladimir Putin Advice Copy Share Image
At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement. — Vladimir Putin Agreement Copy Share Image
“He who does not regret the break-up of the Soviet Union has no heart; he who wants to revive it in its… — Vladimir Putin Regret Copy Share Image
It is impossible to solve health problems of millions of people with the help of pills. People need to put it into… — Vladimir Putin Fashionable Copy Share Image
The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even,… — Vladimir Putin Agendas Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to enter a single currency zone having fairly weak economic parameters and maintain a favourable state of the… — Vladimir Putin Argentina Copy Share Image
Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I do not remember when I said this [oil production would collapse ], maybe in the heat of the moment, but I… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Though we still come first in the sphere of gas export, national production has diminished due to the increasing volumes of hydrogenation… — Vladimir Putin Climate Copy Share Image
Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries,… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
I'm an adult and I know what power means in the modern world. In the modern world, power is mainly defined by… — Vladimir Putin Adults Copy Share Image
There is another domain that we consider relevant and having good prospects - marine biology. For many years this region [Russian Far… — Vladimir Putin Academy Copy Share Image
If the world economy is divided into isolated economic blocs of this kind, it will be rather difficult to achieve the same… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I'm proud of Russia, that's true. And we have something to be proud of, but we do not have any obsession with… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
But if the U.S. were to leave now and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would definitely… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society. — Vladimir Putin Democracy Copy Share Image
The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Few people understand the magnitude of the catastrophe that happened late in the 1980s when the Communist Party had failed to modernize… — Vladimir Putin Catastrophe Copy Share Image
The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen… — Vladimir Putin Comrade Copy Share Image
I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
At a certain point, we saw the police cracking down on the Occupy Wall Street activists. I won't call the actions of… — Vladimir Putin Actions Copy Share Image
I have a huge interest in Japan, which is well known, including its history and culture, and so it will be very… — Vladimir Putin Culture Copy Share Image
Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere,… — Vladimir Putin Achievement Copy Share Image
Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. — Vladimir Putin Brain Copy Share Image
We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now. — Vladimir Putin Customer Copy Share Image
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russians have different far lofty ambitions; more of a spiritual kind. It's more about your relationship with God . — Vladimir Putin Ambition Copy Share Image
We understand that the Iranian position is very bad because of the well-known sanctions against that country, and it would be unfair… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in… — Vladimir Putin Affair Copy Share Image
Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy. — Vladimir Putin Germany Copy Share Image
The breakup of the Soviet Union is a national tragedy on an enormous scale only the elites and nationalists of the republics… — Vladimir Putin Breakup Copy Share Image
International terrorists who pursue completely mad objectives such as establishing a world caliphate or something of the sort, are quite adept at… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We have good personal relationship with President Obama, our relations are quite frank and business-like. And this is quite enough to do… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image