Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,, born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician, and is the current President of the Russian Federation...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth7 October 1952
CitySaint Petersburg, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
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The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations and a permanent member of its Security Council.
For me [Crimea], it is not borders and state territories that matter, but people's fortunes.
political problem complicated
There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the Russian population, the Slavic population in general, but this is Ukraine's domestic political problem.
helping propaganda mass-media
Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy.
conflict
The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.
mistake hostility
Mistakes can occur during hostilities.
different relation brides
Things are different in the international relations between states. In this respect, I am neither a friend, nor bride or groom [of the West].
decision waiting independence
After the unlawful decision to recognize Kosovo, everyone expected Russia to respond by recognizing the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is true, this is how it was. Everyone was waiting for Russia's decision. And we had the moral right to make it but we did not. We were more than restrained. I don't even want to comment on it. In truth, we "swallowed" it.
strange sometimes interest
The thing is, however strange it may seem, that the interests of the United States and of the Russian Federation do coincide sometimes.
democracy important remember
There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
country thinking foreign-policy
If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.
Whatever we do, all the knowledge, the experience, they stay with us, we carry them on, use them in one way or another.
party army people
When Saddam Hussein was eliminated, the Iraqi statehood and thousands of people from the former Baath party were also eliminated. Thousands of Iraqi servicemen, who were part of the state's Sunni elite, found themselves thrown out into the street. No one gave a thought about them, and today they end up in the ISIS army.
You know every stage of your life has an impact on you.