“This is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.” Quote by Vladimir Putin
“I have criticized foreign policy, but that does not mean that we should agree with everything. Indeed, we criticize a lot of things, we think that our partners make many mistakes [may be we make mistakes too, no one is immune to making mistakes], but as for the economy, I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.” ThinkingShouldMayMeanDoeActingMistakeOpinionEconomyPathPolicyAgreePartnersRepeatsMaking MistakesCriticizeForeign PolicyImmuneRight PathWe Make Mistakes Author:Vladimir Putin
“I did not criticize the Central Bank's position.” PositionCriticizeCentral Banks Author:Vladimir Putin
“I have always thought and I still think that the Central Bank should act independently. Indeed, it does, you can take my word. I do not interfere in the decisions of the Central Bank and I do not give instructions to the Bank management or to its head.” ThinkingGivingShouldDoeStillsDecisionManagementInstructionInterfereCentral Banks Author:Vladimir Putin
“Besides, does it really matter who hacked Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton's election campaign team database? Does it? What really matters is the content shown to the community. This is what the discussion should be held about.” ShouldDoeMatterCommunityTeamElectionClintonCampaignsDiscussionHackedDatabases Author:Vladimir Putin
“There are a lot of hackers today, you know, and they perform their work in such a filigreed and delicate manner and they can show their "tracks" anywhere and anytime. It may not even be a track; they can cover their activity so that it looks like hackers operating from other territories, from other countries. It is hard to check this activity, maybe not even possible. Anyway, we do not do that at the national level.” KnowsLooksMayCountryHardShowsTodayLevelsActivityTrackChecksTerritoryDelicateOther CountriesHackers Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is no need to distract the attention of the community from the essence of the subject substituting it with secondary questions dealing with the search of those who did it [hacker's attacks].” NeedsCommunityAttentionSubjectsEssenceHackers Author:Vladimir Putin
“I would like to repeat: I know absolutely nothing about [hacker's attacks], and Russia has never done anything like this at the State level.” KnowsStatesDoneLevelsRussiaRepeatsAbsolutely NothingHackers Author:Vladimir Putin
“Frankly speaking, I could never even imagine that such information would be of interest to the American public or that the campaign headquarters of one of the candidates - in this case, Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton - apparently worked for her, rather than for all the Democratic Party candidates in an equal manner. I could never assume that anybody would find it interesting.” Would BeInterestInterestingPartyCasesImagineInformationEqualAssumingDemocraticClintonCampaignsCandidatesImagine ThatDemocratic PartyHeadquartersNever Assume Author:Vladimir Putin
“Thus, in view of what I have said, we could not officially hack [Hillary's Clinton mail]. It would require certain intuition and knowledge of the U.S. domestic policy peculiarities. I am not sure that even our experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have such intuition.” SaidCertainViewsPolicyClintonAffairIntuitionNot SureExpertsMailMinistryHacksForeign AffairsDomestic Policy Author:Vladimir Putin
“I believe that the G20 should not interfere [foreign policy], because there are other platforms for that.” ShouldBelieveI BelievePolicyForeign PolicyPlatformsInterfere Author:Vladimir Putin