Vladimir Putin Quotes

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

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

"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,"

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

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

"Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections,"

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

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

"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,"

"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."

"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."

"I am convinced that it will help us achieve our foreign policy objectives and goals."

"Even only a short time ago, a meeting of this type bringing together the leaders of Russia and NATO member states, especially bearing in mind the format in which we meet today and its quality, would have been simply unthinkable."

"Like in the past, Russia remains interested in developing ties with the European Union,"

"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,"

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

"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,"

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

"for the self-sacrifice and high professionalism show during the rescue of the Russian seamen."