“I will work for Bulgaria's strategic choice - Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO. I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners.” ThinkingImportantChoicesRelationUnionsPartnersRussiaStrategicUkraineEuropean UnionNatoMembershipReviveBulgaria Author:Georgi Parvanov
“Crimea has always been and remains Russian, as well as Ukrainian, Crimean-Tatar, Greek (after all, there are Greeks living there) and German - and it will be home to all of those peoples. As for state affiliation, the people living in Crimea made their choice; it should be treated with respect, and Russia cannot do otherwise. I hope that our neighbouring and distant partners will ultimately treat this the same way, since in this case, the highest criteria used to establish the truth can only be the opinion of the people themselves.” PeopleWayShouldWellsMadeStatesHomeUsedChoicesOpinionCasesHighestTreatsRemainsPartnersRussiaTreatedGreekCriteriaUkrainianAffiliationCrimea Author:Vladimir Putin
“When I returned to Russia in 1994, the Western world and its states were practically being worshipped. Admittedly, this was caused not so much by real knowledge or a conscious choice, but by the natural disgust with the Bolshevik regime and its anti-Western propaganda.” WorldRealStatesChoicesNaturalConsciousWesternRussiaPropagandaRegimesDisgustingWestern WorldBolsheviksReal Knowledge Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn