Vladimir Putin

"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."

"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."

"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."

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