I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool. Vladimir Putin More Quotes by Vladimir Putin More Quotes From Vladimir Putin 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 country people enemy They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our economy as well, maybe even more urgent bearing in mind the problem that we cannot yet deal with, namely the prevalence of the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation and, as a result, dependence on revenue from oil and gas. Vladimir Putin oil leader europe The mutual sympathy of our peoples is and will remain the foundation of our relations [with Germany]. Vladimir Putin germany foundation relation Everything must be organized in the most rational way. The state won't accept excessive prices. Vladimir Putin accepting states way My personal position is that society must keep children safe. Vladimir Putin position safe children Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal affairs. Vladimir Putin affair likes country Radicals can be found in any environment. Vladimir Putin radical environment found No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them on Syrian territory. Minor airstrikes, including those by the United States aircraft, do not resolve the issue in essence; in fact, they do not resolve it at all. Vladimir Putin isis army fighting Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam. I think that he has enough blood of peaceful citizens on his hands. It must be impossible for him to live without these disgusting scenes anymore. Mr. McCain was captured and they kept him not just in prison, but in a pit for several years. Anyone [in his place] would go nuts. Vladimir Putin hands blood thinking We have never meddled in the domestic affairs of any state and we never will. Vladimir Putin affair states First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow. Vladimir Putin ukraine borders firsts [Economic restrictions] is one of the elements that is destabilising the world economic order that was at one time created largely by the United States itself at the dawn of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that was later transformed into the World Trade Organisation. Vladimir Putin elements agreement order You too would prefer that Russia maintained good relations with both the United Kingdom and the United States, wouldn't you? I would prefer it as well. If anybody in the U.S. or in the United Kingdom says: "I would like to establish good partnership relations with Russia", then both of us, you and me, should welcome that. So should people like me and people like you. However, we have no idea yet what would actually happen after the elections [2016]. That is why I am telling you that we will work with any President designated as such by the American public. Vladimir Putin russia people ideas Mohammed bin Salman is deputy Crown Prince, but this is not so important. He is a very active statesman, we have really warm relations. This is a person who knows what he wants and can achieve his goals. At the same time I consider him to be a reliable partner with whom one can negotiate and be sure that agreements with him will be implemented. Vladimir Putin important goal agreement It is clear that the international community has no other universal organisation of the likes of the United Nations. Vladimir Putin united-nations likes community Here is an example: while resolving current issues, our American colleagues made a proposal on the Syrian settlement but then suddenly declared at the UN that they were not going to discuss anything with us. It is necessary to understand what people want in one department versus another department of the United States. Do they have a common position? And this happened many times on very many areas of our cooperation. Vladimir Putin issues want people 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-of-personality russia law We are ready to deal with any President [of U.S], but of course, and I mentioned that, it depends on the readiness of the future Administration. Vladimir Putin deals administration president There are enough forces in the world that are afraid of our strength, “our hugeness,” as one of our sovereigns said. So, they seek to divide us into parts, this is a well-known fact. Look at what they did with Yugoslavia: they cut it into small pieces and are now manipulating everything that can be manipulated there, which is almost anything. Apparently, someone would like to do the same with us... Vladimir Putin yugoslavia cutting facts Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme. Vladimir Putin mass-destruction nuclear russia
