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Very interested in expanding the number of participants who will take part in laying the new gas pipeline in Europe.
It is clear that the international community has no other universal organisation of the likes of the United Nations.
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force.
Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.
Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy.
If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.
Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.
I think Russia has already turned the toughest pages in its history. We're only moving forward now, only get stronger.
First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.
Under the international agreements, the Russian peacekeepers are committed to protect the population of South Ossetia.
We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now.
Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law.
We have created stability, which is a necessary condition for development. But I can't call this system authoritarian.
Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.
Whatever we do, all the knowledge, the experience, they stay with us, we carry them on, use them in one way or another.
Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.
However, the 1956 agreement refers to two islands while the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] is talking about four islands.
One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it, and it is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it.
Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.
Strictly speaking, Rosneft is not a company. Let us not forget that BP has a stake in Rosneft and BP is a British company.
By the way, Japan is also known to be actively engaged in manned space flights as part of the International Space Station.
I'm convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.
If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.
A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.
We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources.
Berlusconi is being tried because he lives with women. If he was homosexual, no one would have lifted a finger against him.
I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here.
The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.
I would like to inform you with great satisfaction of a new step forward on establishing partnership between Russia and Japan
The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.
As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].
It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.
The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia.
Russia can offer state-of-the-art technology, .. For example, we can help other countries launch space devices such as satellites.
Four years ago, the perpetrators believed they would bring America and the rest of the world to chaos, ... But they were mistaken.
I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made. There was nothing behind it really.
Equipping one side of an ethnic conflict and then prodding it to resolve its ethnic problems by force of arms is a very bad policy.
The breakup of the Soviet Union is a national tragedy on an enormous scale only the elites and nationalists of the republics gained.
If you want to lower the significance of Russia in the world, you actually just want to elevate your own country. That is a mistake.
Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is just.
We all want at renewal of our dialogue and restoration of our relations with Turkey in the interests of Russian and Turkish peoples.
After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first point.