About Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was also the Chairman of United Russia, the ruling party.
If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don't care about a person's sexual orientation.
I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it's inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don't want to name any specific examples... but...
I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the c...
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.
We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.
The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.
I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms.
Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be.
I think happiness is love.
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.
We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.
If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.
China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia - I believe that is my greatest wealth.
