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The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me.

Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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Today, terrorism threatens a great number of states, a great number of people - hundreds of thousands, millions of people suffer from its criminal activity. And we all face the task of joining our efforts in the fight against this common evil.
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Love for one's motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting feelings. It manifested itself in full in the brotherly support to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol, when they resolutely decided to return home, this event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever.
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I read papers, try to watch news programs on television, but, as a rule, recorded. During the day I have no time for that, so I watch something taped. As for the newspapers, I try to get through them every day. Additionally, of course, I look through news bulletins.
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I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].
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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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Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
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I assure you that interest in Japanese culture in Russia is just as strong as interest in Russian culture in Japan.
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President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.
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Every head of state and government in the world is allowed to have his opinion and to voice it.
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In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely sets us apart, and I'm certain it's in a good way.
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Irrespective of when this may happen, it would not be an exaggeration to say that today millions of people living in Russia and, I am sure, millions of people living in Japan have an urge to get to know each other, cooperate and exchange useful information, as well as a sincere desire that all problems that still remain unresolved be resolved.
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We are expanding and improving the infrastructure of our relations. You must have heard about China's plans to participate in building a high-speed railway line between Moscow and Kazan in the Volga region, in central Russia. And then we plan to extend it to Kazakhstan and on to China.
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Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity means nothing but a political and administrative support of terrorist acts
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