What did Putin actually say?

O so his comment about the Ukrainian election was from the same speech? I thought it was from another interview.

I have the entire transcript of the speech. I have the video, but need to convert it to audio. I also have the partial translation of the speech. I am waiting for Kremlin to provide the full translation.

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Putin’s comment on the Snowden affair:

“The plane arrived in our transit area and then nobody wanted to accept it. … What were we supposed to do? Russia is not a country that extradites fighters for human rights.”

Here is Putin’s take on Snowden’s challenge on Russian espionage programs:

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Putin’s thoughts on sanctions. This was from last week’s Economic Conference in St Peterborough.

From the interview with Radio Europe 1 and TF1 TV channel today:

“The entire world remembers the US Secretary of State demonstrating the evidence of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, waving around some test tube with washing powder in the UN Security Council.”