We do believe the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate. They cannot be legitimate as they do not have a national mandate for… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We were also going to develop relations with the current administration [of Barack Obama], but somehow they did not work out well… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Our microeconomic indicators are stable and it gives me reason to believe that we will calmly and steadily pass this uneasy period… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Here is an example: while resolving current issues, our American colleagues made a proposal on the Syrian settlement but then suddenly declared… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I do not know whether the Government will be able to get ready to conduct this transaction together with the management of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
President Obama and I can meet, shake hands and discuss current issues, we - and I am personally - are always ready… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There are also fundamental issues related to what the current leader, President [Barack] Obama, said. I am referring to his idea about… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Addressing issues, including controversial ones, as well as domestic issues of the former Soviet Republics through the so-called coloured revolutions, through coups… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool. — Vladimir Putin 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 our internal… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this.… — 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 never ends,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image