Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere, medals are awarded to them, I have awarded them myself. Vladimir Putin More Quotes by Vladimir Putin More Quotes From Vladimir Putin It's better not to argue with women... When people push boundaries too far, it's not because they are strong but because they are weak. But maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman. Vladimir Putin qualitystrongpeople There is no uniform, global model for democracy. Vladimir Putin uniformsmodelsdemocracy Every head of state and government in the world is allowed to have his opinion and to voice it. Vladimir Putin voicegovernmentworld If you want to lower the significance of Russia in the world, you actually just want to elevate your own country. That is a mistake. Vladimir Putin russiamistakecountry Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system. Vladimir Putin legal-systemdemocracy Even if states sometimes have problems with each other, arts and sports should not suffer from that. Arts and sports are there to bring the people together - and not to divide them. Vladimir Putin sportspeopleart This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you have to be crystal clear yourself. But there are problems here, and in this regard I unfortunately have a suspicion that this is just a way of getting votes and not a genuine desire to solve the problem. Vladimir Putin gayfightingtaken In the near future, despite the development of alternative energy, when you look at the economics and environmental standards, then there's no other source of primary energy in the world than natural gas. Well, perhaps there is nuclear energy but there are also a lot of issues there and there are opponents of nuclear energy. Gas doesn't have those opponents. But there is a country that is, obviously, the world leader in gas reserves. That's our country, the Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin environmentalleadercountry The sanctions have nothing to do with our relations with China, because our relations with the People's Republic of China are at an unprecedented high both in terms of their level and substance. They are what we call "a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation". Vladimir Putin levelssubstancepeople 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. Vladimir Putin platformsexampleshould Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much higher basis, at a higher level under the sanctions regime? Vladimir Putin economicjapanlevels I was told that [Japan journalists] wanted to see my dog, Yume. You can see that she is in great shape. Vladimir Putin japanshapesdog In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent. Vladimir Putin independentrussiapolice Boris Nemtsov, left his mark on the history of Russia, in politics and public life. He worked on important positions in the difficult transition period for our country. He always openly and honestly stated his position, defended his point of view. Vladimir Putin russialifecountry I do not want to speak about our cooperation with Japan now. Thank God, we have had no such problems there. Nor would we want any to arise in the future. Therefore, everything needs to be pre-calculated, and we need to agree upon everything in advance. Vladimir Putin agree-uponjapanthank-god The thing is, however strange it may seem, that the interests of the United States and of the Russian Federation do coincide sometimes. Vladimir Putin united-statesstrangemay We have a contract for the delivery of the S-300s. We have supplied some of the components, but the delivery hasn't been completed. We have suspended it for now. But if we see that steps are taken that violate the existing international norms, we shall think how we should act in the future, in particular regarding supplies of such sensitive weapons to certain regions of the world. Vladimir Putin gaytakenthinking The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades. Vladimir Putin warprofoundamerica There is another domain that we consider relevant and having good prospects - marine biology. For many years this region [Russian Far East] has been home for one of the leading institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Marine Biology. Vladimir Putin marinehomeyears As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [ShinzÅ Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up at our last meeting in Lima and asked me straightforwardly whether we would agree to let Japanese citizens travel on a visa-free basis, resolve the issue in such a way as to enable them to visit the South Kurils, visit their native areas. I said at once that it was quite possible. Vladimir Putin issuescitizensmatter
