There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination. Vladimir Putin Integrity • International • Law • Principle • Right • Territorial • Things
One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it, and it is inevitably related to a certain level of risk. Vladimir Putin Certain • Enjoy • Experiencing • Her • Inevitably • Level • Life • One • Only • Risk
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.' Vladimir Putin America • Brute • Democracy • Force • Millions • Model • Relying • Solely • Together • World • You
I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people. Vladimir Putin Attacks • Community • Fight • Inhuman • International • Murder • People • Phenomena • Terror • Think • Unite
Few people understand the magnitude of the catastrophe that happened late in the 1980s when the Communist Party had failed to modernize the Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin Catastrophe • Communist Party • Late • Magnitude • Party • People • Soviet • Understand
The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are. Vladimir Putin Intermediaries • More • Problems
Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life. Vladimir Putin Absolutely • Aims • Clear • Comfortable • Country • Free • High • Life • Living • Standard
I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it's inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don't want to name any specific examples… but often, environmentalism is used to blackmail companies. Vladimir Putin Anyone • Attitude • Companies • Environment • Examples • Inadmissible • Name • Often Environmentalism • People • Positive • Specific • Want
NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet Union, because there is no Soviet Union anymore. And where there was the Soviet Union once, there is now a number of countries, among them the new and democratic Russia. Vladimir Putin Built • Countries • Day • Democratic • New • Now • Number • Point • Soviet Union • Soviet Union Once • Threat • Time
Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think – I believe – it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component. Vladimir Putin Allies • Believe • Conflicts • First • Moral • Second • Think • Together • Tragic • Two • Us • Wars • World
It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis. Vladimir Putin Anyone • Country • Enemy • One • Own • People • Try • Wrong
If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies – it will fall apart on its own. Vladimir Putin Bearings • Capable • Enemies • Fall • Ideals • Itself • Nation • Need • Own • Vital • Will
The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that. Vladimir Putin Every Possible • Focus • Only • Politician • Possible • Power • Try • Worst • Worst Thing
It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin. Vladimir Putin Actions • Any • Extremist • Necessary • Origin • Sides • Sides Regardless
Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy. Vladimir Putin Culture • Enemy • European • Imagine • NATO • Part • Russia
Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. Vladimir Putin Anyone • Brains • Heart • Passing • Regret • Soviet • Union
Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won. Vladimir Putin Always • Scared • Someone • Terrorists • Them • Threat
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression. Vladimir Putin Aggression • Council • Force • Independent • Independent Sovereign State • International Law • Law • Line • Pretext • Security • Sovereign State • Use
I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected. Vladimir Putin Life • Must • Private • Private Life • Respected
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors. Vladimir Putin Adventures • Books • Brave • Characters • Exciting • Inner • Jack • Jules • London • Love • Loved • Novels • People • Resourceful People • Self
Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting. Vladimir Putin Concerns Collecting Information Differs Little • Intelligence • Intelligence Work • Interesting • Job • Journalism • Journalist • Work
Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be. Vladimir Putin Cult • Hope • Law • Massive • Nothing • Personality • Repression • Russia • Stalinism • Violations • Will
Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia. Vladimir Putin Figure • Most • Popular • Russia • Stalin
If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don't care about a person's sexual orientation. Vladimir Putin Attitude • Care • Person • Personal Attitude • Sexual • Tell • Want • You
We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal. Vladimir Putin Ask • Blessings • Created • Different • Equal • Forget • God • Lord • Us
If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake. Vladimir Putin Country • God • Language • Leader • Own • Speak • You
The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles. Vladimir Putin Agreed • Barriers Hindering • Create • Economies • G • Global • Largest • Leaders • November • Principles • Shares • Summit • World
Construction of the first gas pipeline system was started during the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, and for all those years, from the 1960s until this day, Russia has been fulfilling its contract obligations in a very consistent and reliable way, regardless of the political situation. Vladimir Putin Cold • Construction • Day • First • Gas • Height • Pipeline • Situation • System • War
Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin Chechnya • Federation • Parcel • Part • Russian Federation
The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing. Vladimir Putin Accumulation • Adventurous • Budgetary • Debts • Deficit • Just • Public • Stockjobbing • Swelling • Unjustified
In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony. Vladimir Putin Felony • Homosexuality • Remains • Some • States
Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things. Vladimir Putin Different • Propaganda • Protest • Slightly • Things • Two
The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition. Vladimir Putin Code • Cultural • Own • People • Russian • Tradition
Cromwell is just as much of a bloody dictator as was Stalin. Vladimir Putin Bloody • Cromwell • Dictator • Just • Much • Stalin
My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her – with the goal of saving him. Vladimir Putin Child • Children • Families • Me • Mother • Parents
The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. Vladimir Putin Exchange Information • Information • Regularly • Russian • Security • United • United States
If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S., and that's the way it's done in Russia. Vladimir Putin Done • Law • Legal • Outside • People • Russia • State • Way
Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism. Vladimir Putin Am • Calling • I Am • Power • Russia • State Power • Strong • Totalitarianism
Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean… Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean. Vladimir Putin Activity • Atlantic • Because • Borders • Certain Natural Advantage • Moving • Natural • Ocean • Pacific • Russia
Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England – where liberal value have deep historic roots. Vladimir Putin Become • Copy • Deep • England • Liberal • Roots • Second • United • Value • Will
The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin Authoritarianism • Our • Statehood • Times • Times Deliberately
I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. Vladimir Putin Country • Disappeared • Everyone • Foundation • Map • Political • Soviet • Understood • Union • West • World
Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on. Vladimir Putin Abroad • Activities • Eye • Financing • Keep • Political • Possible • Russia • State
If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country. Vladimir Putin Difficult • Easy • Find • Iraq • Looks • Map • One • Small • Think • World
The Chechnya problem is a centuries-old problem. The thing is that today, fundamentalists and terrorists are exploiting those centuries-old problems to accomplish their own objectives that have nothing to do whatsoever with the interests of Chechnya. Vladimir Putin Accomplish • Centuriesold • Chechnya • Fundamentalists • Objectives • Problem • Problems • Thing • Today
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. Vladimir Putin Family • Father • Mother • Ordinary • Ordinary Citizens • Ordinary Family • Up • Worker
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