Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.More Vladimir Putin [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

We discussed this very important issue yesterday over a beer.More Vladimir Putin [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

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.More Vladimir Putin [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

At first, when we looked at how the process of internal political struggle developed (in the US - note), we were ridiculous. To date, this is not just sad, it causes us concern, because what else people can think of that generate such nonsense, such rubbish, is hard to imagine.More Vladimir Putin [05/19/2017 09:05:18]

I do not belong to the number of European leaders. In any case, they do not think so.More Vladimir Putin [06/02/2017 07:06:28]

If you jerk, nothing can not do so, then the Jews are to blame.More Vladimir Putin [08/16/2017 01:08:05]

The German public for some reason does not like nuclear power ... But I do not understand what you will drown. You do not want gas, you do not develop nuclear power.
Will you drown the firewood? But also for firewood it is necessary to go to Siberia.More Vladimir Putin [08/24/2017 12:08:22]

Russia is a country with a thousand-year history. But we should not treat her like a beloved grandmother - just give her medicines.More Vladimir Putin [12/26/2017 11:12:33]

You understand that in the past, all my ancestors were serfs, and I am the president.More Vladimir Putin [03/07/2018 03:03:46]

Nobody listened to us. Listen nowMore Vladimir Putin [03/07/2018 03:03:40]

I am from a middle family, and I have lived this life for a very long time, practically all my conscious life. I lived as an ordinary normal person.More Vladimir Putin [03/12/2018 10:03:54]

It's a sin to hide: we know what condition the armed forces were at that time. Frankly, there is nothing surprising. But the tragedy is colossal, so many people died.More Vladimir Putin [03/12/2018 10:03:23]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, we had enormous difficulties in the economy, and in the social sphere, and in the army - of course, this could not but touch the army. And the tragedy of "Kursk" is also a manifestation of the general state of the armed forces.More Vladimir Putin [03/12/2018 10:03:59]

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.More Vladimir Putin [03/12/2018 02:03:32]

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.More Vladimir Putin [03/12/2018 02:03:32]

I would like to assure you that there is no organization or any sort of repression against people who don’t agree with our actions, for example in Ukraine, Crimea, or any other external issue, no one from official government organs do this.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Life would be boring without gossip.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us,More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers,More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons,More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made. There was nothing behind it really.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I think happiness is love.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

People in the eastern regions [of Ukaraine] are talking about federalisation, and Kiev has at long last started talking about de-centralisation. Order in the country can only be restored through dialogue and democratic procedures, rather than with the use of armed force, tanks and aircraft.More Vladimir Putin [03/29/2018 05:03:36]