This is the large range of issues we have to discuss [with Shinzล Abe] and make a decision on each one of them. Look, after the resumption of the negotiating process in 2000, we did not refuse to consistently work toward signing this peace treaty.
Vladimir PutinThe point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other country, foreign policy is used for internal political struggle.
Vladimir PutinI am proud of Russia and I am sure that the vast majority of Russian citizens have great love and respect for their Motherland. We have much to be proud of: Russian culture and Russian history. We have every reason to believe in the future of our country. But we have no obsession that Russia must be a super power in the international arena. The only thing we do is protecting our vital interests.
Vladimir Putin