“If the world economy is divided into isolated economic blocs of this kind, it will be rather difficult to achieve the same interpretation and application of international rules of economic activity and world trade.” IfsWorldKindDifficultEconomyEconomicAchieveActivityTradeInternationalInterpretationDividedApplicationIsolatedWorld TradeWorld Economy Author:Vladimir Putin
“If regional associations are created, they should work on the basis of WTO norms, on the WTO basis.” IfsShouldBasesAssociationNorm Author:Vladimir Putin
“This work is either useless or harmful, because there is nothing good about populism. If you wanted to hear my opinion on this issue, that is what I think.” IfsThinkingWantedOpinionIssuesUselessPopulism Author:Vladimir Putin
“How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?” IfsTryingPoliticianSakeRussiaLoudFundTrustedBureaucrats Author:Vladimir Putin
“If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksCountryEasyDifficultIraqMapsSmall Countries Author:Vladimir Putin
“Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.” IfsStatesValuesUnitedUnited StatesRootsEnglandRussiaCopiesHistoricSecond Chance Author:Vladimir Putin
“Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.” IfsMeanThreatScaredTerrorist Author:Vladimir Putin
“Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.” IfsLittlesJobsInterestingInformationJudgmentConcernJournalismJournalistVery InterestingCollectingCollecting Information Author:Vladimir Putin
“No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.” IfsWantRealCountryActionSufferingNationsUnitedFateSecurityMilitaryLeagueUnited NationsCouncilInfluentialBypassSecurity CouncilMilitary ActionLeague Of Nations Author:Vladimir Putin
“They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you are not with us, you are against us.' To make this aggression look legitimate, they force the necessary resolutions from international organizations, and if for some reason this does not work, they simply ignore the UN Security Council and the UN overall.” IfsLooksDoeStatesReasonUseForcePowerfulPrinciplesSecurityBuildingPleaseOrganizationInternationalResolutionAggressionSovereignCouncilHere And ThereCoalitionsSecurity CouncilCrimea Author:Vladimir Putin
“We have a contract for the delivery of the S-300s. We have supplied some of the components, but the delivery hasn't been completed. We have suspended it for now. But if we see that steps are taken that violate the existing international norms, we shall think how we should act in the future, in particular regarding supplies of such sensitive weapons to certain regions of the world.” IfsThinkingWorldShouldCertainStepsTakenParticularGayWeaponsInternationalSensitiveRegionsContractsSyriaNormComponentsSuppliesDeliveryGay RightsSuspended Author:Vladimir Putin
“Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won. But that doesn't mean we can have a devil-may-care attitude toward this threat. We must do everything to stop these threats and not give the terrorists a single chance to demonstrate their brutality and hatred of mankind.” IfsGivingMayMeanCareChanceAttitudeMankindGayDevilHatredThreatScaredTerroristSyriaBrutalityGay Rights Author:Vladimir Putin
“But if the U.S. were to leave now and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would definitely be a second mistake.” IfsCountryUnitedMistakeIraqAbandonSovereign Author:Vladimir Putin
“Opposition 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.” PeopleIfsWayMeanStatesDoneUseLawInterestMovementMajorityRussiaOppositionProvocative Author:Vladimir Putin
“If you want to become an Islamic radical and have yourself circumcised, I invite you to come to Moscow... I would recommend that he who does the surgery does it so you'll have nothing growing back afterward.” IfsWantDoeGrowingRadicalIslamicInvitesSurgeryProvocativeMoscow Author:Vladimir Putin
“The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction also represents a serious danger. If these weapons were to fall into the hands of terrorists, and they pursue this aim, the consequences would be simply disastrous.” IfsHandsWould BeFallDangerSeriousWeaponsMassConsequenceDestructionAimTerroristPursueWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferation Author:Vladimir Putin
