Putin:

The Soviet leaders wanted the West to like them, whereas the Western leaders wanted to reshape the world to their liking.

Putin accuses the late Soviet leadership of naivety, complacency and blindly trusting the West, saying these factors contributed to the collapse of the USSR.

Putin:

Without a future, the past loses its meaning. No matter how great the achievements of our predecessors may have been, we must not turn into a museum of former greatness.

The true greatness of a state is impossible without the ability to keep pace with the times — and ideally, to stay ahead of them.

Putin:

Right now, the leading countries of the world have weapons that can destroy all life.

Can we be certain these weapons will never be used? Unfortunately, we cannot be sure.

Putin:

The Russian military has always been guided by the inviolability of the rules of warfare and has never been the first to deliberately attack civilian infrastructure facilities.

Europe is now helping protect Saudi oil.

France is sending soldiers. Britain is keeping Saudi jets in the air.

Because the route bypassing Hormuz is now under attack too.

Putin:

As soon as the USSR collapsed, aggressive circles within NATO took it as a signal that Russia shouldn’t be included in the family of civilized peoples of Europe.

Putin on nuclear weapons:

If a gun is hanging on the stage, sooner or later it must go off.

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Putin:

We are not scaring anyone. Letters to NATO are not intimidation; they are a response to attempts to intimidate us.

Putin threatens nuclear war again:

If it comes to a direct attack on Russia, on Kaliningrad, the question of using all the weapons we have will immediately arise.

Putin:

No one currently has weapons like those possessed by Russia.

Putin on Europe:

We don’t intend to attack anyone in 2029, in 2030, or 2050, but if we are attacked, we will have to respond.

Citizens of the European countries should be fully aware of that.

Putin on Ukraine:

Ukraine cannot exist on its own. It’s losing its elements of statehood. It’s being managed from outside.

Putin:

I am not saying that we are going to strike enterprises in the countries supplying weapons to Ukraine, but this is a threat, and we are monitoring it closely.

Putin:

France and the UK are nuclear weapons, and we’re fully aware of that, but in terms of weapons we have, we are unparalleled.

Putin:

Russia tried to become a part of the “civilized families,” but it did not succeed, and on the contrary, they were trying to collapse this empire.

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Putin:

Ukraine started strikes on oil refineries, and they managed to secure some results.

It took away around 1% of our GDP.

Putin called the proposal to stop attacks on ships in exchange for halting strikes on Russian oil refineries “absurd.”