Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Russian people chose democracy at the beginning of the 1990s and this was their final choice. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. — Vladimir Putin 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 Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force — 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 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
There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Democracy is an internal subject of the developing society. There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different… — Vladimir Putin 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
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 Copy Share Image
Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those… — 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 Copy Share Image
In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted… — 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 Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic… — Vladimir Putin 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 Copy Share Image
Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
How long has it taken the democratic process to develop in the United States? Since it was founded. So, do you think… — 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
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