If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.
Vladimir PutinRussia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do not plan it for now. But we are thinking of how to intensify our work both with President al-Assad and our partners in other countries.
Vladimir PutinThis is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.
Vladimir PutinTerrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won. But that doesn't mean we can have a devil-may-care attitude toward this threat. We must do everything to stop these threats and not give the terrorists a single chance to demonstrate their brutality and hatred of mankind.
Vladimir Putin