The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians, |
The past two years in Russia's life have been full of stormy political events, great laborious work on reforming the economy, ... Soon there were disappointments, too, and unfulfilled hopes. But we've never lost the conviction in the necessity of the transformations we're carrying out. |
The patience of the public and of the president is not limitless, |
The people have already rid themselves of the fear they had several years ago. I call on my compatriots to begin constructive work in order to revive and renew Russia in the name of national unity. |
The revolution of 1917 dramatically changed the destiny of our country, ... Keen not to allow confrontation in the future, in the interests of unity... I declare the November 7 (Revolution Day) holiday to be the Day of Accord and Reconciliation. |
The stakes are very high, not only for the Balkans and Europe, but for the whole world, |
the strength and resources to wipe out terrorism. |
The use of force and, the more so, the violation of the international law standards, is dangerous and inadmissible, |
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. |
There can be no democratic society, ... where the interests of any minorities among our citizens are not protected. |
There should be confidence that investors do not flee but rather come to Russia. The bank and finance ministry have enough reserves today to hold on. |
There still is a lot of tears and sweat to spend before we identify the forms of business cooperation which are worthy of the two great nations, |
There will be no devaluation -- that's firm and definite, ... I'm not simply fantasizing. Everything has been calculated. Every day, work is done to control the situation in this area. |
There will be tough measures in the North Caucasus and we will restore order there in Dagestan and other regions, ... But once again, I state it firmly as president -- there will be no state of emergency. |
They have tried to go back to the Middle Ages, ... Our duty is to protect Russian citizens and restore law and order in this territory. |