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If Russia and China back Iran on the compromise option [the joint venture], then the issue will not be pushed on to the UN Security Council without consent from Moscow and Beijing.


Vladimir Yevseyev

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VLADIMIR PUTIN It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent...
VLADIMIR PUTIN I was a daisy fresh girl and look what you've done to me.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same...
VLADIMIR LENIN If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or l...
LENIN, VLADIMIR Crime is a product of social excess.
LENIN, VLADIMIR The soulless have no need of melancholia
VLADIMIR ODOYEVSKY My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV The culprits must be punished,
VLADIMIR PUTIN It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.
VLADIMIR PUTIN I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealth...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and i...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Turn off your iron and save the city.
VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.
VLADIMIR PUTIN Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities ...
VLADIMIR PUTIN A thousand years ago five minutes were
Equal to forty ounces of fine sand.
Outstare the st...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented pe...
VLADIMIR PUTIN There was no Lo to behold.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world numb...
VLADIMIR KRAMNIK