Владимир Путин 🇷🇺

"At the same time, in such conditions it is much more difficult to find and establish this very strong balance, which in itself is a clear and extreme risk."

"Any decisions are possible only on the basis of agreements that satisfy all interested parties or a large majority."

"Otherwise, there will be no feasible solution at all, but only loud phrases and a fruitless game with ambitions."

"In such periods of history, everyone's responsibility is especially great for their own fate, for the fate of the country and the whole world."

"It is unlikely that I will be able to formulate instructions, and there is no point, because all instructions and advice are asked for and given only so that I do not follow them later."

"I think that today the Russian army is the best combat-capable army both in terms of personnel training and in terms of technical possibilities, in the ability to use and modernize them."

"And the fact that young people have such internal protection against any attempts to influence public consciousness from within is very good."

"Because it means that despite all the attempts to disintegrate our Russian society from the inside, our adversaries are not achieving any result, but on the contrary, they are achieving the opposite effect as expected."

"We have a Ministry of Defense, and the purpose of the Ministry of Defense is to ensure the security of the Russian state and the peoples of the Russian Federation."

"Discussions on Valdai platforms provide an opportunity to impartially and comprehensively assess the situation around the world, as they say, to note changes and understand them."

"But if we are talking about a purely military component, then, of course, there are a lot of novelties, which, of course, are connected with the development of technology."

"Everything is changing, except for one thing: this is the bravery, courage and heroism of the Russian soldier, of whom we are all very proud."

"Of course, the peculiarity and strength of the Valdai club is the desire and ability of its participants to look beyond the borders of the banal, obvious to all of us."

"There is not and will not be a force that would be able to dominate the world, to prescribe to everyone what and how to do, how to breathe."

"We have already noted several times that we live in a time when everything is changing - and it is changing very quickly, I would say, radically."

"Recently, I was told that such a Russian tradition is being revived in our country: girls and young girls come to their events when they are relaxing somewhere, to bars, etc., in kokoshnos, in Russian clothes."

"I remind you of the task: the volume of investment in fixed capital in Russia by 2030 should increase by at least 60 percent compared to the level of 2020."

"Because in our nuclear doctrine - both common sense and the practice of our actions - they always say that we always respond in a mirror image to any threats that are presented to us."

"The idea of ​​the Russian economy as exclusively resource-based, dependent on the export of hydrocarbons, is clearly outdated, they are becoming a thing of the past."

"The question is how to ensure that positive technological change spreads everywhere."

"According to statistics, annual inflation has already dropped to single digits - less than ten percent."

"Russia is already in fourth place in the world in terms of gross domestic product and first in Europe."

"At the same time, I would like to emphasize: employment is growing among young people who are just entering the labor market and getting their first job."

"Over the past two years, agriculture, industry as a whole, construction, logistics, services, finance and the IT industry have been awarded a "plus"."

"And we are glad that representatives of 140 countries and territories joined the discussion at the forum."

"High wages should be based on improving the quality of jobs and increasing productivity."

"The fact that thanks to the work of tens of thousands of enterprises and companies, their teams, managers, thanks to the initiative and work of millions of entrepreneurs, our economy not only develops confidently, but also becomes better, more complex and multifaceted."

"This year, the quality of growth in a multipolar world and the big challenges are among the topics - as colleagues say in such cases - important among the discussion circles."

"It is necessary to carry out a competent, well-thought-out fiscal and monetary policy and set up their mechanisms primarily to support and stimulate growth."

"Now I note that in the first four months of this year, Russian GDP grew by one and a half percent in annual terms, including April, growth accelerated to 1.9 percent."

"At the same time, overall GDP growth was tied not only to the military-industrial complex, as some believe."

"And of course, the transition to a new technological structure based on digital platforms, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems."

"Our enemies, the enemies, are constantly looking for ways to inflict economic damage on us, and they themselves suffer the most."

"Basically, we are talking about the radical minimization of the costs of business and entrepreneurs in all areas - from the construction and provision of communications for new projects to the current operational activity."

"Our most important task this year is to ensure the transition of the economy to a balanced growth trajectory."

"And these are tectonic changes in the global economy and demography, including the dynamics of the planet's population, social, public and geopolitical contradictions."

"I repeat: high-quality, structural new employment is the key to increasing the incomes of citizens and families and to reducing social inequality."

"So, the growth of Russian GDP without oil and gas in 2023 reached 7.2 percent, in 2024 - almost five, 4.9 percent."

"In this regard, the second key area of ​​our action, which I will focus on today, is the new quality of the investment climate."

"The development of new production, high-tech and service areas, expanding the range of economic activities - all these are elements of structural changes in the Russian economy."

"We must create conditions for increasing the economic activity of citizens so that both young people and adults can realize their potential on the labor market."

"If we talk about the structure of this growth, I will mention a special indicator, the so-called non-oil and gas GDP - it is cleaned of the influence of industries related to the production of hydrocarbons."

"And secondly: the Russian Federation has always, I want to emphasize, advocated ensuring the security of each country without endangering the security of another."

"Those who push such narratives about Russia's unreliability as an ally are provocateurs, inciting the situation."

"In such cases, it is always better not to get ahead of yourself so as not to damage the process, but in my opinion there are also possible touch points."

"Despite the difficult external environment, Russia's GDP has increased by more than four percent per year for the past two years, that is, it has grown above the world average."

"We very strictly implement all our agreements as part of our work with our friends and partners within OPEC+."

"However, to achieve this position, of course, it is not enough - it is important to constantly confirm the status of one of the largest economies, create comfortable conditions for business - domestic and from friendly countries - invest resources, modernize and expand production in Russia."

"I repeat, balanced growth means moderate inflation, low unemployment and the continuation of positive economic dynamics."

"Since last October, the national unemployment rate has stabilized at about 2.3 percent."

"Finally, can human society remain a society with its ethical humanistic principles and can a person remain a person?"

"Irreconcilable primarily because it is not a struggle for power or geopolitical influence."

"Such blind faith in one's own impunity and exclusivity can turn into a world tragedy."

"However, such attempts still do not produce the result sought by those who want to maintain their absolute, undivided power."

"You and I predicted some of these problems when we met before, even discussed them in detail when we met in Valdai, at the Valdai Club, and some we intuitively only guessed, hoped for the best, but not excluding the worst case scenario."

"But I repeat once more: if Internet activity is subject to domestic legislation, we will minimize possible negative consequences."

"Nations are increasingly aware of their interests, self-worth, originality and identity, and increasingly insist on achieving the goals of development and justice."

"At the same time, companies face an increasing number of new challenges: from exciting technological changes to catastrophic natural disasters, from blatant social stratification to massive waves of migration and acute economic crises."

"You and I also happen to live in an era of fundamental, essentially revolutionary changes, not only to understand, but also to be direct participants in the most complex processes of the first quarter of the 21st century."

"It is a clash of the very principles on which relations between countries and nations will be built in the next historical stage."

"For a country where 60 percent of its territory is in permafrost, this has practical implications."

"In Russia, the professional public came to the need and decided on the rules of conducting this business, the Internet as a business."

"The Russian revolution of 1917, like the Dutch, English and great French revolutions of their time, became to some extent milestones in the development of humanity and to a large extent determined the course of history, the character of politics, diplomacy, economy and social order."

"Experts talk about the threats of new regional conflicts, global epidemics, the complex and ambiguous ethical aspects of the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence, and how tradition and progress are intertwined."

"In our energy structure, 40 percent is gas production, also nuclear production, hydro power plant production - in general, 85 percent of low-emission production in the structure of the Russian economy."

"The Internet must of course be subject to the domestic laws of the country where the work is done in this area."

"These two decades were not only filled with the most important, sometimes dramatic events of a truly historic scale - a completely new world order is being formed before our eyes, unlike what we know from the past, for example, from the Westphalian or Yalta system."

"The threat is the imposition, the transformation into a norm of essentially totalitarian ideologies, which we see on the example of Western liberalism, today's Western liberalism, which, in my opinion, has degenerated into extreme intolerance and aggression towards any alternative, towards any sovereign and independent thinking, and today justifies neo-Nazism, terrorism, racism and even the mass genocide of the civilian population."

"And we in Russia know this firsthand, because our warming is happening faster than in all other regions of the world."

"And the club of owners of such weapons is expanding, and no one guarantees that in the event of an avalanche of threats and the definitive destruction of legal and moral standards, they will not be used."

"Attempts to maintain an elusive power by force only lead to general instability and increased tension, to casualties and destruction."

"Looking back 20 years and assessing the scale of change and then projecting those changes into future years suggests that the next 20 years will be just as challenging, if not more so."

"Calls from the West to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, the country with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, demonstrate the extreme adventurism of Western politicians."

"First of all, the use of the Internet should, of course, be based on sovereign algorithms, this is what we must strive for."

"A very important topic, it is of course similar to the previous question - artificial intelligence, its use and development."

"And she took on herself - by herself - certain self-restrictions, mainly related to a certain possible destructive effect on the whole society, especially on the child viewer."

"After all, weapons that can do this exist and are constantly being improved, taking on new forms as technology evolves."

"The old structure of the world is irretrievably gone, one could say that it is already gone, and a serious, irreconcilable struggle for the formation of a new one is taking place."

"It is about plunging humanity into the abyss of aggressive anarchy, internal and external divisions, loss of traditional values, new formats of tyranny, real rejection of classical principles of democracy, fundamental rights and freedoms."

"Society must protect itself from destructive influences, but do everything to make the exchange of information free."

"Its outcome determines whether we can all work together in a joint effort to build a universe that allows everyone to develop and resolve emerging conflicts based on mutual respect for cultures and civilizations, without coercion or the use of force."

"Our goal is to end this war. And we didn’t start it in 2022, this is an attempt to stop it."

"We will never attack a NATO country."

"Ukraine is not a country, it is part of Russia."

"The West wants to destroy Russia. We won't allow this."

"The goal is to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. And for this we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine."

"The purpose of the special military operation is the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, the protection of people in Donbass from genocide."

"The Ukrainian people became hostages of the Kyiv regime and its Western masters, who actually occupied this country in a political, military, and economic sense."

"The plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to force anything on anyone."

"Russia cannot feel safe, develop, or exist with a constant threat on the territory of modern Ukraine."

"We are ready to show what real decommunization means for Ukraine."

"There is nothing that Russia cannot do."

"Russia is not looking for enemies, we do not need them, but we will not allow our interests to be infringed."

"Ukraine is not a country, it is part of great Russia."

"Whoever offends us will not live three days."