Quote

Admire? No, I have never said that. I still appreciate Angela Merkel as a very professional and open person.

Vladimir Putin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Vladimir Putin
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
Autobiographer
Coach
Intelligence Agent
Judoka
Jurist
Lawyer
Military Personnel
Politician
President Of Russia
Sambo Fighter
Stunt Performer
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Putin
President Putin
Never
Professional
Admire
Appreciate
Open
Stills
Still
Persons
Person
Angela

More quotes by Vladimir Putin

Image
I don't think that neutrality is an obstacle to Austria's successful integration into European and world structures... but this is a question that the Austrian people themselves must decide.
Vladimir Putin
Image
We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future.
Vladimir Putin
Image
I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.
Vladimir Putin
Image
At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.
Vladimir Putin
Image
I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.
Vladimir Putin
Image
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.
Vladimir Putin
Image
As for the criticism we receive, you know, even Mr. [Donald] Trump's team criticize us. For instance, one of the participants or members of his team claimed that Russia was giving money to the Clintons through some funds and that in fact Russia is controlling the Clinton family. This is nonsense.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Berlusconi is being tried because he lives with women. If he was homosexual, no one would have lifted a finger against him.
Vladimir Putin
Image
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.
Vladimir Putin
Image
However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.
Vladimir Putin
Image
In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there is an international treaty with Iran that bans Tehran from developing a potential military nuclear project.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections
Vladimir Putin
Image
President Obama and I can meet, shake hands and discuss current issues, we - and I am personally - are always ready for such contacts.
Vladimir Putin
Image
The participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry had been meeting in realizing its plans for future development.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Mohammed bin Salman is deputy Crown Prince, but this is not so important. He is a very active statesman, we have really warm relations. This is a person who knows what he wants and can achieve his goals. At the same time I consider him to be a reliable partner with whom one can negotiate and be sure that agreements with him will be implemented.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Iraq is a small but very proud nation.
Vladimir Putin
Image
Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and decide themselves who they are: men or women, if they want to have a traditional or homosexual marriage.
Vladimir Putin