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If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure political freedoms and rights of all people, including those who are living in the territory of Baltic states after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
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I often heard the same question: What place does Russia reserve for itself in the world how does it see itself what is its place? We are a peace-loving state and we want to cooperate with all of our neighbors and with all of our partners.
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Admire? No, I have never said that. I still appreciate Angela Merkel as a very professional and open person.
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