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I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level.
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The goal we have set for ourselves, which is to diversify our cooperation with China, is making progress.
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I'm not really saddened that [Pussy Riot] ended up in jail, though there is nothing good in that. What saddens me is that they took things to such a level, here, from my point of view, that they degraded the dignity of women.
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Therefore, I do not think we should go only 60 years back but should look deeper, centuries back. Maybe this will give us [Russia and Japan] an opportunity to look at the future from a more remote perspective.
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The most important thing is to find collective solutions in diplomacy and I think that is possible.
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Russia itself is a European country, and not just because our major political and economic centres are in Europe, but because Russian culture is primarily European culture.
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It is impossible to solve health problems of millions of people with the help of pills. People need to put it into practice, have passion for it healthy lifestyle, fitness and sports should become fashionable.
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The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the most important and interesting areas both for Russia and for Japan.
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I think Russia has already turned the toughest pages in its history. We're only moving forward now, only get stronger.
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I wish that in the course of my visit to places the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] calls home, all of a sudden, we would reach a clear understanding on how we can resolve the matters. We will be very glad if that happens. Are there any chances? Perhaps.
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The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other country, foreign policy is used for internal political struggle.
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Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia.
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Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.
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I insist that people - wherever they live - have their rights and they must be able to fight for them.
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International terrorists who pursue completely mad objectives such as establishing a world caliphate or something of the sort, are quite adept at disguising their real aims as a struggle for independence in Chechnya.
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Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so was the political will. But people didn't want to.
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Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
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The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
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Indeed, that is exactly what they [the Arctic convoys] were. We know that the conditions in which they fought were appalling. Time and again they faced death in the name of a common victory and we remember that.
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