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When a regular person has to deal with financial problems or some other problems in his day-to-day life, when he faces corruption and other small problems, he doesn't remember the massive problems
We considered the reshuffling of power as an agreement that was made between us, but not by our citizens
They killed industry, agriculture and the social sphere ... They stabbed the knife of civil war in the very heart of Russia by allowing bloodshed in the North Caucasus. In fact, they led the country to the brink of catastrophe, the edge of a precipice.
All our foreign partners need to understand this: Russia is a democratic country, it’s a reliable and predictable partner with which they can and must reach agreement, but on which they cannot impose anything from the outside
Of course, I gratefully accept this offer, thank you
If the people entrust me with the highest post in the country, I will do everything to ensure we achieve the proper results, Russia develops and gets stronger and life here improves
It would be better if they used this money to pay off their national debt and stop spending money on ineffective and expensive foreign policies
That's a wasted effort, like throwing money to the winds
Our task is to build a strong, rich and prosperous Russia, a Russia of the 21st century
It is not the first time that Russia has set noble goals and achieved successes, uniting around particular values. These values are the truth, dignity and justice
I am grateful to (President) Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev and to the United Russia congress for nominating me and asking me to run for president of the Russian Federation
I accept this nomination with gratitude
Of course, I accept the proposal with gratitude
I want to bring your attention to the necessity to achieve the maximum result at this vote because if we slacken away the parliament, we, like in some other countries, will not be able to make the necessary decisions in the needed time
We have a great many uncertainties and risks ahead and in a storm, in a gale, in crisis conditions, it is very important that the whole team works in a co-ordinated way so that the ship does not capsize
The stability of the country, its sovereignty, the prosperity of its people are things which should push party interests, any clan or group interests to the back
What our European friends and U.S. partners are facing [in the economy] also results from a lack of social cohesion, when the leading political forces are unable to find common ground
is a substantial rebate. It will help to keep at least $2 billion in Belarus
This is a substantial rebate. It will help to keep at least $2 billion in Belarus
We are making a significant discount for our Belarusian friends and partners
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин?·i Russian pronunciation: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn]; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the... Full Article
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with a worker during his visit to KAMAZ truck plant in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region,on February 15, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses workers of KAMAZ truck plant in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region,on February 15, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third...
View Photo »In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, awards Mintimer Shaimiyev, who led the oil-rich Volga River province for nearly 20 years, with a medal of Russian Empire reformist Pyotr Stolypin, in Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region 1,000 kilometers...
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs his autograph on a truck door as he visits KAMAZ truck plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Prime minister Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with worker of KAMAZ truck plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with a girl, as he visits the Research Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses workers of KAMAZ truck plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets university and college rectors in the government headquarters in Moscow, on February 14, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in...
View Photo »A journalist looks on February 10, 2012 at a book book entitled 'Vladimir Putin. Parents. Friends. Teachers' written by the Russian strongman's teacher Vera Gurevich. The book, published in 2004, traces Putin's early life, from his hardscrabble childhood to school and early career years.
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) a Perinatal Center in the Urals region of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in the March 4 presidential election.
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) socializes with local residents in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in the March 4 presidential...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and his deputy Vladislav Surkov take part in a meeting on the modernization of the secondary education in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012, with a portrait of famous Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (background). After serving two...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin confers with his deputy Vladislav Surkov during a meeting on the modernization of the secondary education in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he visits a high school in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in the March 4 presidential...
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, visits a hospital during his trip to Kurgan, Russia, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, greets a boy during his trip to Kurgan, Russia, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd L) drinks tea with students as he visits a high school in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seeking a third term in the...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd L) visits a classroom in a high school in the Urals city of Kurgan, on February 13, 2012, with a portrait of Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo Tolstoy in the background. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000...
View Photo »People standing on a sidewalk wave in support to the participants of the motorist's rally in Moscow, Sunday, Feb. , 19, 2012. Hundreds of cars circled central Moscow during an opposition demonstration on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow free elections in Russia.
View Photo »Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, meets with students during a visit to a school in Kurgan, Russia, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, speaks as he visits a school in Kurgan on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Cars decorated with white ribbons and balloons seen on a street in Moscow, Sunday, Feb. , 19, 2012. Hundreds of cars circled central Moscow during an opposition demonstration on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow free elections in Russia. As they traveled along...
View Photo »A green traffic light illuminates a transparent image of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, which was apparently stuck to the device by the Russian strongman’s supporters in central Moscow, on February 13, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and...
View Photo »A woman walks near cans of preserved Pacific saury during the "People Fishing All-Russian Festival", under the patronage of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok February 19, 2012. The cans, together with an image on the ice and a...
View Photo »Russian pop star, singer Alla Pugacheva (2nd R), actor Leonid Yarmolnik (2nd L) and rock musician Andrey Makarevich (L) attend a press-conference of a presidential candidate, metals tycoon and US basketball team owner, Mikhail Prokhorov (R), in Moscow, on February 20, 2012. Prokhorov...
View Photo »Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with a worker during his visit to KAMAZ truck plant in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in the Tatarstan region,on February 15, 2012. After serving two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime...
View Photo »If the people entrust me with the highest post in the country, I will do everything to ensure we achieve the proper results, Russia develops and gets stronger and life here improves
It would be better if they used this money to pay off their national debt and stop spending money on ineffective and expensive foreign policies
That's a wasted effort, like throwing money to the winds
Our task is to build a strong, rich and prosperous Russia, a Russia of the 21st century
It is not the first time that Russia has set noble goals and achieved successes, uniting around particular values. These values are the truth, dignity and justice
I am grateful to (President) Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev and to the United Russia congress for nominating me and asking me to run for president of the Russian Federation
I accept this nomination with gratitude
Of course, I accept the proposal with gratitude
I want to bring your attention to the necessity to achieve the maximum result at this vote because if we slacken away the parliament, we, like in some other countries, will not be able to make the necessary decisions in the needed time
We have a great many uncertainties and risks ahead and in a storm, in a gale, in crisis conditions, it is very important that the whole team works in a co-ordinated way so that the ship does not capsize
The stability of the country, its sovereignty, the prosperity of its people are things which should push party interests, any clan or group interests to the back
What our European friends and U.S. partners are facing [in the economy] also results from a lack of social cohesion, when the leading political forces are unable to find common ground
is a substantial rebate. It will help to keep at least $2 billion in Belarus
This is a substantial rebate. It will help to keep at least $2 billion in Belarus
We are making a significant discount for our Belarusian friends and partners
Sometimes we have pleasant moments in our difficult and nasty work. This was a hint to today's meeting
We need to get the maximum result in these elections
The ruling party, the majority are expecting the opposition to act calmly and not to rock the boat. But these are good wishes: the opposition exists precisely to make the ruling party hold the steering wheel tighter
The Russian parliamentary opposition must be active, but in a way that does not lead to the country's destabilization
We are still facing very many uncertainty factors and risks. And in case of a storm, a gale, a crisis, it is very important for the entire team to work in a cohesive manner, for the boat not to capsize
You are a real Russian knight, Fedya
