“I believe that the G20 should not interfere [foreign policy], because there are other platforms for that.” Quote by Vladimir Putin
“The G20 was established as a forum to discuss, first and foremost, world economic issues. If we load it with... Of course, politics affects economic processes, this is obvious, but if we bring some squabbles, or not squabbles, rather, some matters that are really important but relate purely to world politics, we will overload the G20 agenda and instead of addressing such issues as finance, structural economic reforms, tax evasion and so forth, we will engage in endless debates concerning the Syrian crisis or some other global challenges, of which there are many, or the Middle East problem.” IfsWorldFirstsImportantMatterProblemCoursesProcessChallengesIssuesEconomicMiddleTaxesCrisisObviousEastDebateEndlessFinanceReformRelateAgendasMiddle EastLoadForumsEvasionOverloadEconomic IssuesSquabblesWorld PoliticsEconomic ReformsTax Evasion Author:Vladimir Putin
“We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.” ShouldSecurityPolicyExampleIncludingPlentyForeign PolicyPlatformsCouncilForumsSecurity Council Author:Vladimir Putin
“There are many issues in the global economy in general and in the western economy as well: population ageing, drop in labour productivity growth rates. This is obvious. The overall demographic situation is very complicated.” WellsGrowthSituationEconomyIssuesWesternRatePopulationObviousComplicatedProductivityLabourAgeingDemographicsGlobal Economy Author:Vladimir Putin
“Then, the specialists themselves, probably believe that in the course of EU expansion, for example, some elements concerning the readiness of some economies to enter the Eurozone have not been taken into account.” BelieveCoursesEconomyTakenExampleElementsAccountsExpansionReadinessSpecialistsEurozone Author:Vladimir Putin
“It is very difficult to enter a single currency zone having fairly weak economic parameters and maintain a favourable state of the economy, not to mention positive growth rates. We have witnessed it not only in Europe, but for example in Argentina (nearly 10 years ago or more), when they tied the national currency to the dollar and later they did not know what to do about it.” KnowsYearsStatesDifficultGrowthEconomyEconomicExampleEuropeYears AgoWeakDollarsRateZoneTiedCurrencyArgentinaParameters Author:Vladimir Putin
“We believe in the fundamental principles of the European economy.” BelievePrinciplesEconomyFundamentalsFundamental Principles Author:Vladimir Putin
“We see that leaders in Western Europe [there are some debates of course, we also see that and analyse it all] stick to, I cannot say right or wrong ones, it always depends on someone's view, but I think, very pragmatic approaches in addressing economic issues.” ThinkingCoursesViewsLeaderIssuesEconomicDependsApproachEuropeSticksWesternDebatePragmaticWestern EuropeEconomic Issues Author:Vladimir Putin
“They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our economy as well, maybe even more urgent bearing in mind the problem that we cannot yet deal with, namely the prevalence of the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation and, as a result, dependence on revenue from oil and gas.” MindFirstsWellsProblemResultsDealsLeaderEconomyEuropeInstrumentsWesternFinancialOilGasDependenceRevenueUrgentMisuseFederationOil And GasInjectionWestern Europe Author:Vladimir Putin
“This is also evident in Europe, not the dependence on oil and gas, but the fact that structural reforms are long overdue, and I think that the leading economies are very pragmatic and efficient in addressing the issues facing the European economy. That is why we keep approximately 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros.” ThinkingLongFactsEconomyIssuesPercentEuropeGoldOilReformGasEfficientCurrencyReservesDependenceEvidentPragmaticEuroOverdueOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin