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It's difficult to talk to people who whisper even at home, afraid of Americans eavesdropping on them. It's not a figure of speech, not a joke, I'm serious.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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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.
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After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first point.
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By the way, Japan is also known to be actively engaged in manned space flights as part of the International Space Station.
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Opposition can be useful. Every opposition movement is good and useful if it acts within the law... If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of the majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S. and that's the way it's done in Russia.
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I believe that the presidential term should be limited.
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I can't believe that OMON [Russia's riot police] would hit a girl. I simply can't imagine it.
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Life would be boring without gossip.
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How was Kosovo recognized? They forgot about the territorial integrity of a state, as well as UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which they had themselves adopted and supported. Why could it have been done there, but not in Abkhazia and South Ossetia? Why not?
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I think the American people should express their preferences and we'll accept their choice.
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Notably, it was only possible [ negotiating on the Tarabarov Island], and this is very important, due to the high level of trust Russia and China reached in their relations by that time. If we reach the same level of trust with Japan, we might be able to reach certain compromises.
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I think Shidzo Abe's proposal may be the only way to achieving our goal.
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At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.
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If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.
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We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.
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We have very close humanitarian contacts [with China], wide-ranging youth exchanges, educational and regional contacts, and all of them continue to develop.
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Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law.
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To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.
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Anything that is missing in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement is - without any exception - up to the Kiev central government of Ukraine. You cannot demand something of Moscow that, in fact, the rulers in Kiev have to deliver. The most important aspect is the constitutional reform, Point 11 of the Minsk Agreement.
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There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the United States of America and the Russian people.
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If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.
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