Vladimir Putin Foreign Quotations

It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.

Well I also want to say something to that topic. I am astonished that our internal law-making is of such great interest to foreign governments.

Dutch merchants had been holding leading positions in Russia's foreign trade since the 12th century...We have always been amazed at the way Dutch businessmen are doing their business and admired their good sense, honesty, industry and openness,

When the States already had nuclear weapons, and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels.

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.

We have heard various opinions from our Iranian partners on that issue. One of them has come from the Foreign Ministry - our partners told us they did not exclude the implementation of our proposal. In any case, it's necessary to work carefully and avoid any erroneous moves.

If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies - it will fall apart on its own.

We deem it necessary to work out a schedule for the staged withdrawal of foreign troops

If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.

I believe that the G20 should not interfere [foreign policy], because there are other platforms for that.

We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.

In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.