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I will give below a few quotes from an interview with the past years of past years. I believe that they understand the complicated mechanism of balancing on the 4th (economic) priority of the OSC will be more important than ever in the near future.

And a little about “ fundamental, cultural” differences ...
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Putin V.V. (2011.04.20), quote:

- The USA is easier: they turned on the machine, government bonds are buying up.

This is direct financing of the government at the expense of the whole world.

Context:

“As for our colleagues in the States who are fine, we understand that this is not so. Look at the trading balance, look at the budget deficit, look at the debt of the United States. We do not have this, and I hope it will never be. It’s easier for them: they turned on the machine, government bonds are buying up. What are government bonds? This is a direct financing of the government simply at the expense of the printing press. And they scatter this money throughout the new zone, and the dollar zone is the whole world. We have no such opportunity to hooligate and will not be in the near future. But, I hope that we will strengthen the national currency and make it reserve for our bush, for our region. In any case, in the post -Soviet space, the ruble is strengthened and strengthened and even becomes a reserve currency. Today, our Ukrainian partners are asking us to move on to calculations in rubles for energy. With Belarus, for example, in our non -cash payments there are already almost 90% of the calculations in rubles. Here you have the creation of a financial center in Russia, which is what the government is talking about in the government what the president is talking about. These are not ephemeral plans, we move in this direction and really achieve the result. I want to draw your attention to this. This is very important. Gradually, slowly: the chicken pecks on the granny. "

Putin V.V. (2014.10.02), quote:

- The United States produces its most important product - dollars.

Context:

"A.Khotin: Thank you. Even bankers do not complain about the Central Bank with us.

Vladimir Putin: They complain, everyone complains. On the Central Bank, as well as the Ministry of Finance, everyone complains. The bets, they say, holds tall , still something - constantly complain, how.

A.KHENIN: First sector, please.

Question: (As translated.) Good afternoon! My name is Michael, I'm from the USA.

Mr. Putin! You mentioned the sanctions a little earlier. The impact of these sanctions on the cost of capital in Russia - it has increased. This means that now it is more difficult to cooperate global capital. Do you think that the government should help find a solution to this issue? One of the solutions is to deepen the domestic market, create a bond market that is more liquid, deeper. What are your thoughts on this problem?

Vladimir Putin: It is immediately clear that you are an American. On the path of such a mitigation of budget policy, your government is going on - and probably does the right thing, but precisely because the United States, as you know, produce its most important product: dollars produce. But we do not produce dollars, and therefore we must act very carefully.

As for the securities market, the Ministry of Finance already produces them, these securities, but we must carefully monitor their volume in the domestic market, because the financial sector will be happy to buy these papers of the Government of the Russian Federation. But this means that we will remove part of the liquidity from the market and put the real sector of the Russian economy in a rather difficult position.

We mean this, we understand, and of course, we will use these tools and the internal debt will increase a little because it is at a record low level, at a very low in any case, but we will act very carefully. Still, we must provide growth not due to pumping with liquidity or there by some financial instruments, but due to structural transformations in the economy of the Russian Federation. ”

Putin V.V. (2013.06.11), quote:

- The basis of American self -awareness is an individualistic idea, the basis of the Russian is collectivist.

Context:

“Vladimir Putin: And for us the wrong. We have different economies. We have a developing economy and markets developing, and in Europe we mainly deal with developed economies. And the different state of these economies today. It is generally quite healthy in our country. We have no weeding with external duty, such that is in Europe and in the United States, by the way. There, in Europe, the average budget debt is already about 90 percent. In the USA, too, is approaching this or even a little more, more than a hundred percent.

There is really very great unemployment. There are all scarves of budgets there. Not only is the public debt huge, also a huge deficit. We have a 2.5 percent external debt, the total - about 10 percent. We have a deficiency budget, we have unemployment of 5.6 percent, and in Europe - 25–26 percent in some countries, and among young people reaches 40 percent, and in some countries it approaches 60 percent. Catastrophe! We have different situations.

Yes, of course, we can use the so -called oil and gas income. But I want to draw your attention to something else: we do not have a printing press for reserve currencies, but they have. And the situation is not that we have oil and gas income and, accordingly, reserves, but that we limited the costs. Here they constantly scold the central bank for the fact that we have high rates. Are we 8-8.5 percent now? 8.25 percent? It doesn’t matter, but it is big.

In the USA, look, 0.25 percent, in my opinion. In Europe, it is also approaching this. And they say: we would like that. Yes, the Central Bank holds such a high rate, including in order not to inflate the so -called “financial bubbles”. After all, you can distribute cheap loans, you can achieve that manufacturers will produce products for these cheap loans, but then it will not have demand. Here you are, please, the "bubble."

And, of course, to find the line behind which the softening of monetary policy and the tightening associated with expenses will lead to the maximum effect-this is an economic policy on the verge of art. I do not think that we have found such a line, that we work so effectively in everything. I hope that now the Russian government after our repeated meetings will take some additional steps that stimulate the development of the economy and business activity.

But one of them, one of these measures, is constantly being applied with us, of course, we are criticized by our colleagues - liberal economists for this. But, say, maintaining the growth rate of real incomes of the population we have quite high. Last year, it was, in my opinion, 4.5–4.6 percent. In January, February, March, April of this year, more than 5 percent of more - the growth of real disposable incomes of the population. And this is an increase in domestic demand.

You see, we have a little different situations. And therefore, in general, I share the position of our European colleagues who see a way out of the crisis in the consolidation of budgets, in restoring order and discipline in the economy. Of course, everything has some boundaries. And it is impossible to transfer everything to the shoulders of citizens. "

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O. Boyko: Can a slight clarification? It’s just that my question was not only about American-Iranian relations, but also American-Russian relations and the presence-do you agree with this or not-ideological and fundamental contradictions on key issues of international law .

Vladimir Putin: That is, before meeting Obama, you are pushing me there right.

O. Boyko: This is very important! Because if the country believes that it is allowed more than everyone else, then ...

Vladimir Putin: I thought you would not notice, but no - you noticed. You are really such a tenacious fighter.

This means that we have practically no ideological contradictions today - we have fundamental, cultural .

The basis of American self -awareness is an individualistic idea. The Russian is based on collectivist .

There is one of Pushkin’s researchers who said this very accurately and clearly. Here in the "carried away by the wind", remember, there the main character says: "I can’t imagine that I will starve." This is the most important thing for her.

And in our view, in the representation of a Russian person, still other tasks, something like that, out of the horizon. Something so mental. Something that connected with God. You see, these are a little different philosophy of life. And therefore it is quite difficult to understand each other. But you can.

O. Boyko: For this, probably, there is international law in order to put everyone in equal conditions?

Vladimir Putin: Yes ... Here are the United States, of course, a democratic country, and it developed initially as a democratic state. After all, when people began to master this continent, they came and built a relationship with each other. And in the fact of life, they were forced to do this in a dialogue with each other. Therefore, it was originally born as a fundamental democracy.

At the same time, let's not forget that the development of the American continent - you get me directly into the wilds, I do not want to talk about it - the development of the American continent began with large -scale ethnic purge, which had no equal in the history of mankind .

After all, the Europeans, when they arrived there, they did just that - we must say directly about it. Humanity is not so much known from history. Say, the destruction of Carthage by the Romans: when they left, they even say the earth - so the legend says - they sprinkled with salt so that nothing grew there.

And the development of the American continent by Europeans - no one sprinkled the land there, because it was used, but destroyed the indigenous population. After that, American history knew slavery. And it penetrated so deeply! After all, Colin Powell wrote in his book how hard he was - a man with a dark skin color - it was difficult to break through. How he still felt the views of others on himself. So, this is sitting, sitting for sure so far, in the souls and hearts of people.

Look, we know - in any case, today are different sides of the Soviet regime.

We know Stalin. So as we did not know him before. We know that it was a dictator, a tyrant. I doubt very much that Stalin in the spring of 1945, if he had an atomic bomb, would have used it against Germany.

In 1941-1942, when the question of the life or death of the state stood, perhaps, he would have applied if he had. And in 1945, when the enemy already gave up in essence, he had no chance - I doubt it. Here I am personally.

And the Americans applied to Japan that suffers defeat.

Moreover, against a non -nuclear state.

You know, we have great differences between us. But this is normal when people with such great differences are determined to look for ways that help to understand each other. And it seems to me that we have no other choice. And moreover, it is no coincidence that in the critical periods of modern recent history, Russia and the USA united: both in the First World War and in the Second World War.

No matter how they confront each other, and when the thunder struck, the unification occurred. Something unites. Some fundamental interests combine. We need to pay attention to this first. Know our differences, but still pay attention to the positive that will help us to cooperate.

... N. Churkina: What do you think, why didn’t it take a reboot and can it be in principle to take place on real equal grounds, or are they still expecting us to make our interests all the time?

Vladimir Putin: I, in principle, began to answer your question. Any state seeks to observe its national interests, and in this sense the United States is no exception. The uniqueness of the situation lies in the fact, and this is clear to everyone that after the collapse of the Soviet Union of the United States, they remained for a while the sole leader.

But this is a certain ambush for them, which consists in the fact that the States began to feel like an empire.

And the empire gives rise to not only certain elements in foreign, but also in domestic politics.

The empire cannot afford a manifestation of weakness, and any desire to agree on a parity basis is often perceived as weakness.

And this leadership of the country cannot afford for domestic political reasons.

I think today's state leadership - I know about it - understands that it is impossible to solve the main problems of today's world alone. But I really want, firstly.

And secondly, it is impossible to act differently, except for imperial methods. It is very difficult for domestic political reasons. Otherwise, you will be immediately accused of weakness.

In order to be able to act differently, one must either have some unlimited credit of trust from voters, the population, or something should happen within the country, the consciousness should change that it is much more profitable to agree and seek compromises than to impose your point of view everywhere.

This time must pass for such an understanding to prevail inside their own country, in this case in the States.

Moreover, of course, primarily in the ruling elite in the broad sense of the word. I do not think this is impossible. I believe that in general we should approach this, and I count it very much. "

RS: Selection in my text.

And ... there is such an observation of the giraffe - the higher, the higher the horizon further pushes back.

Source of quotes: http://mediamera.ru/post/18307