Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
Vladimir PutinNapoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is just.
Vladimir PutinWe must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.
Vladimir PutinI love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much.
Vladimir PutinIf someone wants to open this Pandora's box and deal with it, all right, go for it then.
Vladimir PutinOpposition can be useful. Every opposition movement is good and useful if it acts within the law... If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of the majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S. and that's the way it's done in Russia.
Vladimir Putin