If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.
Vladimir PutinI was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
Vladimir PutinThe goal we have set for ourselves, which is to diversify our cooperation with China, is making progress.
Vladimir PutinEven if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
Vladimir PutinWe need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.
Vladimir Putin