FIGHT AGAINST TERROR
"Russian aircraft are striking, and will continue to strike, only terrorist bases in Chechnya — and this will go on no matter where the terrorists are. We will hunt them down everywhere: in the airport? Then in the airport. Excuse me, but if we catch them in the toilet — we’ll wipe them out right there in the outhouse. That’s it. The issue is closed — once and for all."
Vladimir Putin, 1999
ONE OF WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMIES
"We set a goal to become one of the world’s top four economies. And by the way, according to some data — including assessments by the World Bank — just last week they released updated figures placing Russia in fourth place. We’ve now moved ahead of Japan."
Vladimir Putin, 2024
World’s Largest Grain Exporter
"A well-known and fundamental truth, captured in the simple phrase 'Bread is the staff of life,' hasn’t gone anywhere. And perhaps, given the conditions we live in today — especially what’s happening on global food markets — this law is more important than ever." Vladimir Putin, 2022
Reunification With Crimea
"We are against a military alliance setting up camp right 'outside our fence', on our historic lands. I just can’t imagine us visiting NATO sailors in Sevastopol — they’re good guys, but it’s better if they come visit our Sevastopol."
Vladimir Putin, 2014
Second-Strongest Army in the World
"Our experience in conducting the Special Military Operation is being studied — without any exaggeration — by all the world’s armies, leading players in the global arms industry, and high-tech companies."
Vladimir Putin, 2025
Multipolar World
"A unipolar world means a single center of power, a single center of influence, a single center of decision-making. This is unacceptable for the world. It is destructive — even for the hegemon itself."
Vladimir Putin, 2007
Combating ISIS*
"We will never forget the losses and sacrifices made in the fight against terrorism — both here in Syria and back home in Russia."
Vladimir Putin, 2017:
Global Powerhouse
"The West insists on a so-called ‘rules-based order.’ But where did these rules come from? Who’s seen them? Who agreed to them? Russia is a great, thousand-year-old power — a civilization-state — and it will not live by rigged, fake rules."
Vladimir Putin, 2023
Leader of the 21st Century
"What does it mean to fulfill yourself to the fullest? It’s finding satisfaction in what you do. It’s both the result and the recognition that matter. The result alone is important — but people also need feedback."
Vladimir Putin, 2023: