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To win, you've got to plan carefully and then make war with the speed of lightning.

— Alexander Lebed

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We are standing on one-sixth of the world, a rich country, with our pants down and hoping someone will help us.

Power must be strong. Patriot will never be a dirty word, whereas democrat has already become one.

Russia must be loved, not because you want to. Russia is like gangrene on the leg. If you don't take measures against it, it will infect the whole leg.

Human beings are not trash. Human blood is not water to be spilled.

Let us have troops that would scare any aggressor off. These troops should be backed by the nuclear shield.

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