Quotes from Vladimir Putin

We will keep a close eye on what is happening and wait for the election results and after that we will be ready to work with any Administration given that it wants to work with us.

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.

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.

I consider the decision of my colleagues and friends to be the best birthday present.

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.

The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

McCain fought in Vietnam - I think that he has enough civilian blood on his hands.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

The collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

Everyone must hoe his plot daily…

These last eight years…

Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

He who does not regret the break-up of the Soviet Union has no heart; he who wants to revive it in its previous form has no head.

I have some rules of my own. One of them is never to regret anything. Over time, I came to the conclusion that this was the right thing to do. As soon as you start regretting and looking back, you start to sour. You always have to think about the future. You always have to look ahead. Of course you have to analyze your past mistakes, but only so that you can learn and correct the course of your life.

One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.

Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom," Putin said.

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

Russia's big owo

I have always reacted negatively to those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others' lives.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Haha come fight us now Napoleon