Vladimir Putin Quotes on Law
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Russia's modern foreign policy is based on the principles of pragmatism, predictability and the supremacy of international law.
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I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.
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A superpower is a cold war term. When people today say that Russia aspires to have this status, I interpret it in the following way: they want to undermine trust in Russia, to portray Russia as frightening, and create some kind of image of an enemy. ... Russia is in favor of a multipolar world, a democratic world order, strengthening the system of international law, and for developing a legal system in which any small country, even a very small country, can feel itself secure, as if behind a stone wall. ... Russia is ready to become part of this multipolar world and guarantee that the international community observes these rules. And not as a superpower with special rights, but rather as an equal among equals.
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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']