Because you are literally
on the frontline,
you are among
the people,
which is
of interest to me,
and you are fighting
battles
with bureaucracy,
with my civil servants,
the cause
of many problems.
But I constantly fight
for the final result.
I do not think
that you have the right
to criticise
anyone.
All countries impose
restrictions
on thoughts’ content
and their use.
This was introduced
in earnest after 9/11 in the USA
and after
terrorist attacks in European countries.
Back in the 1990s
we understood the market
as theft
of state property.
But gradually, people
start to understand
what is good
and what is bad.
I therefore do
not think
we are
in a position to criticise China.
China has woken up,
and these
processes
need to be
managed.
The internet
a space in which lies occur,
automated lies
that automatically move
the whole machine,
and all
of this is done from a single centre.
Our restrictions are
well known.
But no, we have not
banned everything.
Everything is working
normally.
We will bring 50
percent of the roads in big cities
in line with
the standards by 2018,
and up to 85
percent by 2025.
50 and 85 by 2025!
Next year could be
the Year of
Civic Activeness …
15 percent of people
take part in public activities.
That’s a lot
of people, a good figure.
So you are right,
of course,
we need to pay
attention to these people.
I mentioned
the dance school.
It opened in 1890
or even 1870.
This idea originated
in 2003,
but I was not
the one who invented it.
Well, actually,
I came up with the idea.
And our support of
Russian dancing
has never been
adjusted for inflation since 2012.
And, well, do you know
that I decided to use
taxes for supporting
our leading musical groups
at the international
level, so that their members
were paid no less than
the world’s leading groups?
Otherwise, with open
borders, they would
have simply left
the country.
So that’s me who is
keeping them still in Russia.
Without me and your
taxes, you wouldn’t
have musicians left
for yourself
in Russia anymore!
As is known,
music is labor too,
and all the laborers
are looking for the best place
where to use
their talents, that’s how it works.
We simply had
to raise their salaries,
to match those of Western
musicians.
It’s not like we are
talking here
of our physicians or
teachers.
That’s what is important.
And this has actually
been guiding
the making of my decisions.
Mr Medinsky, you will
have to fight for this.
Do I have time
for fiction? Yes.
Who has it good
in Russia?
Makers of fictions.
In the morning,
I take tea.
Read my lips. I do eat
porridge
And I am loving i!
What kind?
Today I had rice.
Mostly, rice
or buckwheat.
Russian traditional.
But no oatmeal.
(And let’s skip the
actual menu)
I’ve never been to
Chukotka.
I recommend to my
people
the old Soviet cartoon
about the hare
and the wolf.
Objection from a
clueless jorno:
It promotes smoking.
Putin: We have all
kinds of stuff promoted.
I get up every morning.
The first one
to fly to Mars will be a device of some sort.
For I don’t think it
has ever yet happened.
Why? Because everyone
is planning a flight to Mars
by using special
equipment.
Whom
of the great Russians of the past would I like
to meet?
Peter the Great
and Catherine the Great.
Peter was great,
Catherine was great too.
I will do my best not
to run into Stalin.
“Mr President, you
have been stressing the need to listen to people.
You know, perhaps they
do listen, but no one is talking back to the people.”
I have not banned this
yet.
I often think
about it myself
for democracy has many
flaws
and I see them
everywhere.
In Europe it is
all the same thing.
All this can
of course be cancelled by law
that would herd everyone
into one cattle pen.
We would still like
to give people a chance.
Nevertheless, we have
to think about it, of course.
I have been
thinking about it.
We should definitely
think about it.
We will think about
it, OK?
“My people will
never forgive me
if I do not ask
you a favour.
Hundreds and even
thousands of families
have no income; many
activities are
already prohibited
in the region.
Therefore, we think
a presidential envoy
for Baikal should
be appointed and report to you.”
If you catch
everything, then there will be nothing
to catch later
on, and so it will be prohibited
due to tragic
circumstances.
I have so many
envoys that I will
not be able
to remember their names soon.
If something is
prohibited, then
something else must be
provided in return.
That much is clear.
And I will send a signal
to the Russian
Government.
You are asking
an eternal question.
We all know that it is
a peninsula.
Indeed,
the territory is right in the sea.
Alongside
the famous Crimean pine trees
and other plants.
Cutting-edge modern
technologies should be used.
However, we can now
address these issues from scratch.
Not behind
the scenes, not backstage. There is no other way.
I believe that
the so-called sanctions will not last forever,
and if they
continue forever, we will forever limit the goods.
We use these sanctions
to strike back—to help ourselves.
You know, I have
to go now.
I have another meeting
to attend.
“Say hello
to Lukashenko!”
Good luck!
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