The stability of the rate is the main issue and the Central Bank manages to ensure it one way or another. This… — Vladimir Putin Central bank Copy Share Image
I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made. There… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass… — Vladimir Putin Data Copy Share Image
Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for… — Vladimir Putin Being Copy Share Image
Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is… — Vladimir Putin Crimea Copy Share Image
Equipping one side of an ethnic conflict and then prodding it to resolve its ethnic problems by force of arms is a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
60 percent of Syria is controlled either by ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra or other terrorist organisations, organisations that have been recognised as terrorist… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
The sanctions have nothing to do with our relations with China, because our relations with the People's Republic of China are at… — Vladimir Putin China Copy Share Image
I'm not really saddened that [Pussy Riot] ended up in jail, though there is nothing good in that. What saddens me is… — Vladimir Putin Dignity Copy Share Image
Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows… — Vladimir Putin Allies Copy Share Image
I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people, not of factories. The intellectual factor has become increasingly important… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We do believe the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate. They cannot be legitimate as they do not have a national mandate for… — Vladimir Putin Authority Copy Share Image
Whatever we do, all the knowledge, the experience, they stay with us, we carry them on, use them in one way or… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If anybody,wants to get rid of us, then this is a different approach. However, we will get over it; you never know… — Vladimir Putin Approach Copy Share Image
All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Then, the specialists themselves, probably believe that in the course of EU expansion, for example, some elements concerning the readiness of some… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Democracy means the power of the people and the possibility of influencing the governing parties. Russia had had enough experience with a… — Vladimir Putin Democracy Copy Share Image
We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The constitutional reform is supposed to give autonomy to eastern Ukraine and to be adopted by the end of 2015. This has… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry had been meeting in realizing its plans for future development. — Vladimir Putin Anxiety Copy Share Image
The Chancellor [Angela Merkel] and the European partners would be well-advised to address the problems in eastern Ukraine more thoroughly. Maybe they… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I would like to say, you know, that, unfortunately, we have many unresolved problems. But a great number of people in Russia… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards… — Vladimir Putin Democracy Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the reputation of any country which is capable of defending the life and dignity of its citizens, and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If someone is willing to reconsider the results of World War II, let us discuss this. But then we will have to… — Vladimir Putin Cities Copy Share Image
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic… — Vladimir Putin Action Copy Share Image
If somebody prefers to work by means of sanctions, he is welcome to do so. But sanctions are a temporary measure. Firstly,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I have to say that oil and gas revenues make up a large part of the Russian budget revenue. This is a… — Vladimir Putin Budgets Copy Share Image
The Far East is of particular significance for us in terms of this region's priority development. Over the last few years, let… — Vladimir Putin Attention Copy Share Image
It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly… — Vladimir Putin Accidents Copy Share Image
We have spoken on many occasions of the need to achieve high economic growth as an absolute priority for our country. The… — Vladimir Putin Absolutes Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the US defence budget is larger than the defence budgets of all other countries taken together. This… — Vladimir Putin Burden Copy Share Image