The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength. Vladimir Putin More Quotes by Vladimir Putin More Quotes From Vladimir Putin We in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so. Vladimir Putin russiapeoplethinking Just take Kosovo: back then, UN bodies decided that Kosovo should become independent of Serbia and that the interests of Serbia's central government had to be subordinated. You can read that in all the records, also in the German ones. Vladimir Putin independentgovernmentbody As to our trade and economic relations with China, they are growing more and more diverse each day, something we have worked on for a long time with our partners from China. Vladimir Putin growingeach-daylong I am convinced that international terrorism gave itself the goal of not allowing the re-election of Bush. The statement by bin Laden in the final stages of the pre-election campaign is the best confirmation of this. Vladimir Putin finalscampaignsgoal We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable. Vladimir Putin cold-warcoldwar Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force. Vladimir Putin democracyamericaworld There are a lot of hackers today, you know, and they perform their work in such a filigreed and delicate manner and they can show their "tracks" anywhere and anytime. It may not even be a track; they can cover their activity so that it looks like hackers operating from other territories, from other countries. It is hard to check this activity, maybe not even possible. Anyway, we do not do that at the national level. Vladimir Putin tracklevelscountry We didn't have any relationship at all with Trump. 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When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologized, of course. Vladimir Putin frighteneddogdoe Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for the Russian nation, it became a genuine drama. Tens of millions of our co-citizens and co-patriots found themselves outside Russian territory. Vladimir Putin epidemicsrussiadrama I have great love and respect for Russian history and culture. But the world is changing and Russia is too. Russia is part of the modern world, not the world of the past but the modern world. And I believe it has an even greater future than some other countries that can't take care of their young people, of the new generations, of their children, and believe that they can just let things slide. Vladimir Putin believecountrychildren The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin authoritarian-governmentauthoritarianismstrengthening Donald Trump is a brilliant and talented person, without a doubt. Vladimir Putin trumpbrilliantdoubt Crimea has always been and remains Russian, as well as Ukrainian, Crimean-Tatar, Greek (after all, there are Greeks living there) and German - and it will be home to all of those peoples. As for state affiliation, the people living in Crimea made their choice; it should be treated with respect, and Russia cannot do otherwise. I hope that our neighbouring and distant partners will ultimately treat this the same way, since in this case, the highest criteria used to establish the truth can only be the opinion of the people themselves. Vladimir Putin russiahomepeople The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems. Vladimir Putin comradeseemsknows Anyhow, we obviously understand that, being a United States' ally and having a special relationship with it, the UK in its relations with Russian has to make an allowance for the opinion of its partner - the U.S. We take this reality as a given fact, but let me underscore once again that we will be ready to do as much as Britain will be ready to do in order to resume our mutual cooperation. This does not depend on us. Vladimir Putin specialorderreality The Russians have turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world nowadays. Is that not a problem? Vladimir Putin problemdividedworld
