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
Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this trust. This may be… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
This is the large range of issues we have to discuss [with Shinzō Abe] and make a decision on each one of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
You recalled the 1956 declaration, and this declaration established the rules that should be followed by both sides and that should be… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If we act together along these lines, we will create conditions, the conditions for trust that Shinzō Abe speaks about, so as… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we would like to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We negotiated the construction of a gas pipeline system along the bottom of the Black Sea to Bulgaria. We signed certain treaties… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Everything that we [with Shindzo Abe] are talking about has come to us as a result of the events of 70 years… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The absence of a peace treaty [with Japan] is an anachronism we inherited from the past and it must be removed. However,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and… — 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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