Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy. — Vladimir Putin Germany Copy Share Image
The breakup of the Soviet Union is a national tragedy on an enormous scale only the elites and nationalists of the republics… — Vladimir Putin Breakup Copy Share Image
All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If anybody,wants to get rid of us, then this is a different approach. However, we will get over it; you never know… — Vladimir Putin Approach Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Then, the specialists themselves, probably believe that in the course of EU expansion, for example, some elements concerning the readiness of some… — 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 Democracy Copy Share Image
We are ready to build large underground gas storages in Turkey, to participate in the privatization of Turkey's gas-distribution networks, to use… — Vladimir Putin Construction 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
It has nothing to do with any kind of exchange or sale [of Kuril island to Japan]. It is about the search… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It is well known, widely known that the US President-elect [Donald Trump] has publicly spoken in favour of normalising Russian-American relations. We… — 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 Both sides Copy Share Image
One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining… — Vladimir Putin Biodiversity Copy Share Image
I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I have been to Tokyo and several other cities, but I have never been to Yamaguchi Prefecture. I wonder what it is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass… — Vladimir Putin Data Copy Share Image
Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for… — Vladimir Putin Being Copy Share Image
Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is… — Vladimir Putin Crimea Copy Share Image
Whatever we do, all the knowledge, the experience, they stay with us, we carry them on, use them in one way or… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Equipping one side of an ethnic conflict and then prodding it to resolve its ethnic problems by force of arms is a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure… — 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
The Chancellor [Angela Merkel] and the European partners would be well-advised to address the problems in eastern Ukraine more thoroughly. Maybe they… — 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 Democracy Copy Share Image
The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the reputation of any country which is capable of defending the life and dignity of its citizens, and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The constitutional reform is supposed to give autonomy to eastern Ukraine and to be adopted by the end of 2015. This has… — 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 Anxiety Copy Share Image
BP found itself in a difficult situation after the tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico. We did everything we could to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so… — Vladimir Putin Country Copy Share Image
There are some gestures, of course, that you can only interpret one way. But no one has ever seen those kinds of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law. — Vladimir Putin Bears Copy Share Image
We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN… — 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
![“The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the most important and interesting areas both for Russia and for Japan.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/vladimir-putin-261_abe_the-prime-minister-shinz-abe-proposed-ad_524424.jpg)
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![“I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy resources, such as hydrocarbons, oil and now natural gas, petrochemicals on the one hand and textiles and footwear on the other] to a whole new level of economic cooperation. For…” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/vladimir-putin-261_aircraft_i-would-like-to-draw-attention-to-the-fa_1892595.jpg)
![“I have been to Tokyo and several other cities, but I have never been to Yamaguchi Prefecture. I wonder what it is like, what interesting things it has to offer. I am sure that Prime Minister [ Shinzō] Abe will tell me all about it.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/vladimir-putin-261_abe_i-have-been-to-tokyo-and-several-other-c_2580064.jpg)
![“I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure that everybody understands this.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/vladimir-putin-261_believe_i-believe-that-in-fact-it-would-be-econo_2907658.jpg)
![“The Chancellor [Angela Merkel] and the European partners would be well-advised to address the problems in eastern Ukraine more thoroughly. Maybe they have too many domestic problems of their own at the moment.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/vladimir-putin-261_addresses_the-chancellor-angela-merkel-and-the-eur_3101628.jpg)
![“We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/vladimir-putin-261_council_we-should-find-other-platforms-other-for_759143.jpg)
