Quote #27

It's extremely dangerous trying to resolve political problems outside the framework of the law - first the 'Rose Revolution', then they'll think up something like blue. [word play here: 'rose' having the colloquial sense of 'lesbian' in modern Russian, and 'blue' meaning 'gay']

More from Vladimir Putin

  1. The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
  2. First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.
  3. I think there are things of which I and the people who have worked with me can feel deservedly proud. They include restoring Russia's terri…
  4. He raped 10 women. I never expected it from him. He surprised all of us. We all envy him.
  5. There is no such thing as a former KGB man.
  6. People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.
  7. But this means that we also need to build our home and make it strong and well protected. We see, after all, what is going on in the world.…
  8. Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists. It destroys them. [16]

All Vladimir Putin quotes