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There is no uniform, global model for democracy.

Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or to fulfil some non-existent imperial ambitions.
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Here is the thing: I have seen several times that anti-Russian cards are being played during domestic campaigns in the United States. I find this approach very short-sighted.
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I am sure that, after all, any man in my place should set a positive example for other people.
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Just take Kosovo: back then, UN bodies decided that Kosovo should become independent of Serbia and that the interests of Serbia's central government had to be subordinated. You can read that in all the records, also in the German ones.
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I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. 'Superpower' is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now?
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This is the political culture of the United States, which one should accept as is. The United States is a great country and it deserves non-interference and no third-party comments.
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But if the U.S. were to leave now and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would definitely be a second mistake.
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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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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks.
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At some point a few years ago Japan unilaterally stopped those talks and broke off contacts with us. It was not we who broke off contacts with Japan, it was the Japanese side that broke off contacts with us.
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Russia and the United States are the biggest nuclear powers, this leaves us with an extra special responsibility. By the way, we manage to deal with it and work together in certain fields, particularly in resolving the issue of the Iranian nuclear programme. We worked together and we achieved positive results on the whole.
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There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
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The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.
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President Obama and I can meet, shake hands and discuss current issues, we - and I am personally - are always ready for such contacts.
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There is nothing in common between al-Assad and ISIS, they fight against each other.
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Do you think that it is possible to have a dialogue with the representatives of Lugansk and Donetsk if they all are being prosecuted and subject to criminal proceedings? That is exactly why the Minsk Agreements establish to adopt an amnesty law. However, it has not been adopted.
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Democracy means the power of the people and the possibility of influencing the governing parties. Russia had had enough experience with a one-party-system - we will not go back there.
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In some cases, I would not want us to follow their [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] pattern. I do not believe they are setting the best example.
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Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
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