>>Putin said the re-creation of the Soviet empire is “inevitable.” ...”<<
“Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.”
“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.”
“Sometimes it seems to me that certain European leaders want to be more Muslim that the Prophet Mohammad,”
“Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on,”
“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”
Putin.
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Putin, the ‘former’ KGB thug, like the rest of his kind, is a master at the art of deception. And it doesn’t seem to take very much to pull the wool over the eyes of some people, particularly those who aren’t too bright.