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Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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The natural economic, humanitarian and social integration, do not require any armed forces.
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We have created stability, which is a necessary condition for development. But I can't call this system authoritarian.
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The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.
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