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Titolo: In quotes: Putin webcast

In quotes: Putin webcast  
Key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in a special
interactive webcast, organised by the BBC and Russia's Yandex website on 6
July 2006: 
NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TESTS
We are disappointed by what's going on. The rights of some cannot be
materialised in such a way as to infringe on the rights of others. Tests
of this kind can not be considered normal... but they should not lead to
such emotions that would drown out common sense. We should be aiming at
reinstating the negotiation process with North Korea including those
factors which have just emerged. 
According to our experts, in order to increase the range of North Korea's
missiles from 1,000 to 3,500 or 6,000km, they need to take those missiles
into outer space... and that is impossible considering the level of
technological development in North Korea - 6,000km is practically
impossible for them. 
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
Of course, we are against the development of any weapons of mass
destruction. [As for negotiations,] we cannot wait endlessly - it's
counterproductive. But it's even more counterproductive to get the problem
into an impasse from where we won't know how to get out. I would prefer
this issue to be taken back to the IAEA [International Atomic Energy
Agency]. 
TIES WITH AMERICA AND BUSH
The world has to be multilateral because it is so diverse... Our role is
not, as back in the [days of the] Soviet Union, to provide a
counterbalance to the United States. 
There are dark and light patches in anyone's life but the main thing is
for a politician to be a decent person and I believe President Bush is a
decent person... President Bush is one of the people I consider as a
friend. 
MILITARY CONSCRIPTION IN RUSSIA
We cannot do without conscription for economic reasons but the numbers
should come down. From January 2008 the term of service will be 12 months.
The number of career soldiers will increase. 
RUSSIA'S MAIN ENEMIES TODAY
Only terrorists. 
RUSSIA'S ENERGY EXPORT CLOUT
Russia will not give away its resources for peanuts. We now adhere to
market principles purely and solely. 
We will agree a price [for gas] with Ukraine like with any country in
Western Europe. Moscow is not influencing the price for the gas. Everybody
has got to pay a market price so the subsidies... we effectively used to
pay are done with - we are not going back to that. If you insist that we
supply our gas at cheap prices to Ukraine you are thereby creating an
ineffective economy in a country with our help. 
CHECHNYA
We have extended extensive rights of autonomy to the Chechen Republic...
From what I know of history, the UK never held any talks on disintegration
or self-disintegration and we are not going to either. 
Was the war in Chechnya worth it? We realised that we would not be left in
peace by forces which have nothing in common with the Chechen people. They
were talking about creating an Islamic state from the Black Sea to the
Caspian Sea. We don't need that and Europe doesn't need that either. 
 
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 In quotes: Putin webcast
Ha detto nulla del polipo e della maria?
Palmiro Pangloss

 Ha detto nulla del polipo e della maria?
Della maria ha detto che non legalizza un cazzo
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/07/06/softdrugs.shtml
Il polipo e rimasto top secret.
Al bacio sull'ombelico vale la pena di dedicare un thread a se'
Tb

 Al bacio sull'ombelico vale la pena di dedicare un thread a se'
Mi piacerebbe sentire un parere in merito del De Cesari.
Palmiro Pangloss