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We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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Take, for example, Lithuania. Do you know, what was its population in the Soviet times? It was 3.4 mln people. It was a small country, a small republic. And what is it now? I have looked though the recent statistics, today the population of this country is 1.4 mln people. Where are the people? More than half of the citizens have left the country.
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Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy.
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Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
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The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations and a permanent member of its Security Council.
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I believe that global common interests are a good foundation for finding solutions together.
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We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.
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The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of Japan. We should find a compromise.
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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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We can tell the general public that the gold and foreign currency reserves of the Central Bank are not designed to finance the economy, but rather to ensure foreign trade turnover. Therefore, we need this level to be able to provide the necessary foreign trade turnover for such an economy as Russia's for a period of at least three months.
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Our intention is to develop music, theatre and exhibition activities on the Far Eastern regions.
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If you want to become an Islamic radical and have yourself circumcised, I invite you to come to Moscow... I would recommend that he who does the surgery does it so you'll have nothing growing back afterward.
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The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.
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Whoever is the first to cry Stop the thief is the one who is guilty.
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We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now.
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The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.
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Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
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Addressing issues, including controversial ones, as well as domestic issues of the former Soviet Republics through the so-called coloured revolutions, through coups and unconstitutional means of toppling the current government. That is absolutely unacceptable.
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I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people, not of factories. The intellectual factor has become increasingly important in the economy, which is why we are planning to focus on providing additional opportunities for people to realise their potential.
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It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is why America has a strong influence on the situation in the world in general.
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