They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There is progress in the sense that the Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] has proposed, outlined, as it were, directions for movement toward… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
No doubt, the United States and the American people are a gear country and a great people. Nobody disputes this, but talking… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
America's creative approach to solving the problems the country is faced with, its openness and open-mindedness which make it possible to unleash… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We still have a great amount of work to do in social development, including resolving one of the biggest challenges we face… — 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
This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you… — 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 Copy Share Image
The G20 was established as a forum to discuss, first and foremost, world economic issues. If we load it with... Of course,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think that all countries of the region should join their efforts in the fight against a common threat - terrorism in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
25 million of Russian people suddenly turned out to be outside the borders of the Russian Federation. They used to live in… — 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
Russia is probably one of the first countries to have been confronted with this problem of terrorism. It took some time before… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I have always tried to sense the mood of the people, their needs, their attitude toward ways to solve problems, their priorities.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Even if states sometimes have problems with each other, arts and sports should not suffer from that. Arts and sports are there… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I always had a problem when someone was trying to place sport in social and political context. Sport is a separate and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It is well known that homosexuality is a criminal offense in the United States, in four US states. If it is good… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a grave social situation in Russia; our social protection system was destroyed; numerous problems… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Irrespective of when this may happen, it would not be an exaggeration to say that today millions of people living in Russia… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I do not want to speak about our cooperation with Japan now. Thank God, we have had no such problems there. Nor… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Problems between countries always exist, especially between such big countries as Russia and the United States. There have always been some issues,… — 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