Vladimir Putin's annual call-in marathon - TASS

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Putin: war with Ukraine impossible

Russia regards no country as its foe — Putin

Putin: Russia shoud use sanctions rather than tolerate them

Putin respects choice of leaders who refused to attend Victory Day celebrations in Russia

Putin says once invited ex-German Chancellor Schroeder to banya and it burnt to ground

Because of this, the Russian President reminds, he never invites his foreign colleagues to Russian traditional steam house any more

Putin demonstrates constructive mood over both foreign, home policy matters - analysts

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calm and businesslike tone throughout the nearly four hours he spent in a TV studio answering questions live was clear evidence

Putin’s statements on Ukraine to lower tension of speculations — lawmaker

Vladimir Putin said with full responsibility that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine and a war between our nations is impossible, deputy head of the United Russia caucus at the State Duma noted

Moscow should use anti-Russian sanctions to make economic advances — Putin

Instead of tolerating western sanctions, Russia should use them to reach new horizons of development, the Russian President said at an annual Q&A session

Putin answers 90 questions during almost four-hour-long Q&A marathon

The majority of questions were devoted to Russia’s state policy and military security

Putin stresses significance of Vostochny Space Center for Russia

Russia uses four space launch centers at present - Baikonur, which is located in central Kazakhstan, Plesetsk in the south of the Astrakhan region, and Yasny in southwestern Urals

Russia not to demand penalties from France for non-delivery of Mistral ships — Putin

The incumbent leadership of France and the French are decent people and they will return the money to Moscow so there is no need to demand penalties, the Russia president says

Putin agrees with emperor that Russia's only allies are Army and Navy

There are many countries and leaders in the world who support Russia’s efforts in the struggle with international terrorism, organized crime, xenophobia, and other modern challenges

IS doesn't directly threaten Russia, special services watch Russians who join it — Putin

According to the Russian president, Russians that undergo training at IS-controlled territories can later return to Russia

Putin: Nazism, Stalinism can’t be equalized

Extermination of entire ethnoses was one of the aims of Nazis' policy, but the Stalin regime never set the goal of exterminating entire peoples, the Russian leader says