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I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.
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The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free press, the priority of the individual over mythical state interests, a state which serves the interests of ordinary people and defends their rights and interests. This is all easy to say but hard to make reality.
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