Vladimir Putin Quotes

"If they succeed in doing that, they will celebrate a victory over America and over the entire anti-terror coalition,"

"We are optimists. It's quite possible for us to reach an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture on Russian territory to enrich uranium for Iranian nuclear energy needs."

"Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,"

"Although the plane has not been formally adopted for service, it has been placed on combat duty. A man in my position should be personally aware of how this is done,"

"We would like the dramatic events in Yugoslavia, our friend, to end with a close to the crisis and the lifting of sanctions,"

"The share of the electric energy output produced by nuclear power plants will be 16% in 2006."

"Now that we are building a new European security architecture together, the interaction between Russia and the EU is especially appropriate."

"The position of Russia is clear. The Yugoslav people should determine its fate themselves without outside interference,"

"Freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of mass media, property rights -- all those basic elements of a civilized society will be safely protected by the state,"

"I think that if we work in this basis, then it's quite likely we will find a compromise,"

"This approach is shared by the new Iranian leadership, which inspires hope for further steady development of Russian-Iranian cooperation,"

"Cooperation between Russia and France really is in the interests of both states, ... I'm not even so sure today that there has been a cooling in our relations."

"We see cooperation with our foreign partners as the future of our aerospace industry,"

"The significant role that the EU is playing in European and global policy is pushing us toward closer cooperation,"

"It is clear today that Russia has taken the way to democracy and reforms, has not deviated from that path, has managed to emerge as a strong and independent state. He should be given considerable credit for that."

"the participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry had been meeting in realizing its plans for future development."

"The experience and authority of this organization,"

"Today, the Iranian side is working sufficiently in cooperation with (the) IAEA ... so let's proceed from the circumstances of today, ... to coordinate our activities, both with American and European partners, and I must say that our positions here are quite close."

"Today the Iranian side is working sufficiently in cooperation with the IAEA. So let's proceed with the circumstances of today,"

"This is the first time in contemporary history that Russia has allowed a foreign partner into gas production on a gigantic field, which will be exploited for decades."