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. "The Comr… - Vladimir Putin

Translation: Comrade wolf knows who to eat. He eats without listening to anybody and it seems he is not ever going to listen.

We have spoken on many occasions of the need to achieve high economic growth as an absolute priority for our country. The annual address for 2003 set for the first time the goal of doubling gross domestic product within a decade.

There are 17 million ethnic Russians there, officially. Almost 100% of the people consider Russian as their mother tongue.

We do not intend to isolate ourselves from anyone, we have no preconceived or what's more hostile intentions towards anyone.