18 March 2015 speech at a Moscow concert on the first anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation - Vladimir Putin

We are improving our attack systems as an answer to the United States building its missile defense system... Clearly, we have overtaken all our, so to speak, partners and competitors in this sphere, and this fact is acknowledged by the experts. No one has a high-precision hypersonic weapon...So, we feel confident in this sense.

Even 50 years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: if a fight is inevitable, go and fight first.

I bow my head to the victims of terrorism. I am highly impressed of the courage of New York residents. The great city and the great American nation are to win!