This is not a defense system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery, until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

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We have to do it without any period of limitation; we need to know all their names, we will search wherever they may be hiding. We will find them anywhere on the planet and punish them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

I can confirm that we have established contacts with ... Syrian opposition on the battlefield which asked us to conduct air strikes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We should be paying attention to the national currency, the central bank is doing that ... quite confidently, the national currency is subject to certain market fluctuations related to the oil price but, still, it has already stabilised.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

I have already said, and want to say one more time, there is no a... by Russian President Vladimir Put...

I have already said, and want to say one more time, there is no alternative to the Minsk agreement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Nord Stream has no connection to (Ukrainian) transit and does not... by Russian President Vladimir Put...

Nord Stream has no connection to (Ukrainian) transit and does not harm anyone.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Our task is to stabilize the legitimate government and to create conditions for a political compromise, by military means, of course. The units of international terrorists and their ilk have no desire to negotiate with the Syrian government, who is almost sieged in its own capital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We're not going to do it, and our Syrian friends know about it. we were matching different kinds of information we received.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

I wish they gave us $ 500 million. We would have spent it better in terms of fighting against international terrorism. It's true. But, in any case, we need to work together to bring, as I said, a full exchange of intelligence information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

I don't see how it boxes us in the least, in fact, I think it opens up more options. But I think it makes life very complicated for Putin himself, if he's going to side with Assad and with Iran and Hezbollah, he's going to have a very serious problem with the Sunni countries in the region. And that means that he could even become a target for those Sunni jihadis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad's armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

There is no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like ISIL and the United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a broad coalition to go after it, realism dictates that compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stamp out ISIL.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We would welcome a common platform for collective action against... by Russian President Vladimir Put...

We would welcome a common platform for collective action against the terrorists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

It turns out that only 60 of these fighters have been properly trained, and as few as four or five people actually carry weapons.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do not plan it for now.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We see what's happening in the Middle East, where terrorists from the so-called Islamic State are discrediting the great world religion of Islam, planting hatred, killing people, destroying world cultural monuments in a barbaric way, their ideology is based on a lie, on a distortion of Islam.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We've been providing and will be providing all necessary military-technical assistance and we call on other countries to join us, if Russia hadn't been supporting Syria, the situation there would be worse than in Libya and we would see more refugees.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We all know the situation developing around Mr Blatter right now. I don't want to go into details but I don't believe a word about him being inolved in corruption personally, i think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We are concerned about the instability of the markets, the high volatility of energy and commodity prices, and the accumulation of sovereign debt by a number of countries, these imbalances affect the growth rate and our economies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

We are not aggressive, we are persistent in pursuing our interest... by Russian President Vladimir Put...

We are not aggressive, we are persistent in pursuing our interests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin