We act in a pragmatic and careful manner. We reduce spending on budget items that do not constitute a priority.
Vladimir PutinAs for meetings, I think the President-elect [Donald Trump] should be given an opportunity to first form his administration and assume office. Meetings will come next.
Vladimir PutinDemocracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
Vladimir PutinI'm convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.
Vladimir Putin