Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.
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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.
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Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.
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We favor resolving the issue (of Iraqi disarmament) by peaceful means... (A US-led war) would be a mistake with the most serious consequences, leading to casualties and the destabilization of the international situation as a whole.
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