Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
Vladimir PutinWe in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so.
Vladimir PutinThere can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
Vladimir PutinThere is no need to distract the attention of the community from the essence of the subject substituting it with secondary questions dealing with the search of those who did it [hacker's attacks].
Vladimir PutinThe sooner the Iraqi people are able to take their country's destiny in their own hands and establish their own control over it and its national resources, the sooner the process of pushing the forces of international terrorism out of Iraq will be able to begin. And the sooner the process of consolidating Iraqi society itself will also be able to begin.
Vladimir PutinAs for that footage, video footage showing the dead children allegedly killed in the chemical attack, it is horrible. The question is only who did it and what they did, and who is responsible for this. These pictures do not answer the questions I have just posed. There is an opinion that it's a compilation by these very rebels, who are connected with al-Qaida and who were always distinguished by exceptional brutality.
Vladimir Putin