Russia Quotes - Page 32

• In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a grave social situation in Russia; our social protection system was destroyed; numerous problems emerged which we have not been able to cope with effectively yet, to get rid of them, in health, sports development.

  Vladimir Putin

  Sports, Development, Able

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• I want everyone to know that Russia in general and the Russian leadership, it is something effective and properly functioning. That the country itself, its institutions, leaders are represented by healthy, capable people who are ready for cooperation with our partners in every single area: sports, politics, fight against modern threats. I have nothing but a positive feeling about it.

  Vladimir Putin

  Sports, Country, Fighting

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  Minorities, Problem, Controversial

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• It is well known that homosexuality is a criminal offense in the United States, in four US states. If it is good or bad, we know the decision of the Constitutional Court, but this problem has not been dealt with yet, it is still being addressed by the legislation of the United States. This is not the case in Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  Decision, Criminals, United States

  "Sott Exclusive: Full unedited text of Vladimir Putin's interview with Charlie Rose: What CBS left out" by Harrison Koehli, www.sott.net. September 29, 2015.

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• I think that a person cannot be criminally or otherwise prosecuted, his or her rights cannot be infringed upon the grounds of nationality, ethnicity or sexual orientation in the modern world. It is absolutely unacceptable. And it is not the case in Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  Thinking, Rights, Ethnicity

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere, medals are awarded to them, I have awarded them myself.

  Vladimir Putin

  Art, Awards, Achievement

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• In Russia all people enjoy the equal rights, including homosexuals.

  Vladimir Putin

  Rights, People, Enjoy

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• Ukraine is the closest country to us. We have always said that Ukraine is our sister country and it is true. It is not just a Slavic people, it is the closest people to Russia: we have similar languages, culture, common history, religion etc.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Ukraine, People

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government. I'm talking about something else right now - when someone does this, the outcome is very negative. Libya's state is disintegrated, Iraq's territory is flooded with terrorists, it looks like the scenario will be the same for Syria, and you know what the situation is in Afghanistan.

  Vladimir Putin

  Past, Talking, Iraq

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• I think that both Russia and other international actors, including those who are more actively engaged in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis (that is the Federal Republic of Germany and France, the so-called Normandy Quartet, certainly, with close involvement of the United States, and we have intensified our dialogue on this issue), we should all be committed to the full and unconditional implementation of the agreements that were achieved in Minsk. The Minsk Agreements have to be implemented.

  Vladimir Putin

  Thinking, Agreement, Issues

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• Somebody is always suspecting Russia of having some ambitions, there are always those who are trying to misinterpret us or keep something back.

  Vladimir Putin

  Ambition, Trying

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• 25 million of Russian people suddenly turned out to be outside the borders of the Russian Federation. They used to live in one state; the Soviet Union has traditionally been called Russia, the Soviet Russia, and it was the great Russia. Then the Soviet Union suddenly fell apart, in fact, overnight, and it turned out that in the former Soviet Union republics there were 25 million Russians. They used to live in one country and suddenly found themselves abroad. Can you imagine how many problems came out?

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, People, Unions

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• We all are interested in an open development, without any prejudice; this refers particularly and, perhaps, primarily to the Baltic countries, for them it is more important than for Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Important, Prejudice

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Sanctions, Unlikely

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.

  Vladimir Putin

  Political, Economy, Social

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it.

  Vladimir Putin

  Important, Able, Influence

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• It is my greatest desire, I want the people in Russia to be happy and I want our partners around the world to seek to develop relations with Russia.

  Vladimir Putin

  People, Desire, World

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States, to the point where all the United States of America, the greatest nation on Earth, just withdraws from talks about a ceasefire while Vladimir Putin puts a missile defense system in Syria while he marshals the forces and begin - look, we have got to begin to lean into this with strong, broad-shouldered American leadership.

  Mike Pence

  Bullying, Strong, America

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength.

  Mike Pence

  Needs, Mets, American Strength

  Source: www.politico.com

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• There's an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates and the truth of the matter is the weak and feckless policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East and all the while, all we do is fold our arms and say we're not having talks anymore.

  Mike Pence

  Moving, Years, Middle East

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Hillary Clinton said her number one priority was a reset with Russia. That reset resulted in the invasion of Ukraine.

  Mike Pence

  Ukraine, Numbers, Priorities

  Source: www.politico.com

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• America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy.

  Mike Pence

  America, Stronger, Economy

  Source: www.politico.com

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• America's political system is superior to the crony corrupt corrupt capital system in Russia in every way.

  Mike Pence

  America, Political, Way

  Source: www.politico.com

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• You look at Russia's doing with their nuclear capability and the newness of their capability, and look at we're - what we're doing, and nobody wants to do that with respect to nukes because nukes are horrible. But you have countries that are going out of their way to do things that we're not doing. And we have to be very, very careful.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Nuclear, Going Out

  Source: time.com

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• I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people.

  Elton John

  People, Wonderful, Audience

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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