Vladimir Putin's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events

" I bow my head to the victims of terrorism. I am highly impressed of the courage of New York residents. The great city and the great American nation are to win! "

" Its not by chance that Russia and the U.S. forge an alliances in the most critical moments of modern history. That was the case in WWI and WWII even if there was fierce confrontation, our countries united against a common threat which means theres something that unites us. There must be some fundamental interest which bring us together. Thats something we need to focus on first. We need to be aware of out difference but focus on a positive agenda that can improve our cooperation. "

" Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet. "