Military Quotes by Vladimir Putin

14 Military quotes by Vladimir Putin

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Putin’s perspective on defense and power appears in these fourteen excerpts, offering a concise glimpse of his strategic messaging.

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It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.

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Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

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Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

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In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United…

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In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there…

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Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the…

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No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage.…

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Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security…

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Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided…

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It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is…

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The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles.…

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It is well known that Russia has many interesting and promising developments in the military-technical sphere. We are ready to deliver the…

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NATO remains a military alliance, and we are against having a military alliance making itself at home right in our own backyard;…

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However, there is a fundamental difference between the issue related to Japan's history and our negotiations with China. What is it all…

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We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

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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…

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Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and…

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Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster.

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I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool.

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Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal…

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Europeans are really dying out!

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We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future.

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They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our…

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Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this.…

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Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends,…

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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…

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The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international…

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Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

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Anyhow, we obviously understand that, being a United States' ally and having a special relationship with it, the UK in its relations with Russian…

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