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BBC BREAKFAST WITH FROST
INTERVIEW:
VLADIMIR PUTIN
MARCH 5TH, 2000
Please note “BBC Breakfast with Frost” must be credited if any part of this
transcript is used
DAVID FROST:
Time now to turn to the east and that interview, 15 years ago the soviet
Union was an undisputed superpower, a military force whose power
stretched from the Baring Straits to Berlin but President Gorbachev’s
introduction of Glasnost and Perestroika unleashed forces that partly led
ultimately to the break up of the old USSR and the downfall of the
Communist Party as the all-powerful force in the state.
[FILM CLIP - Reference to Putin coming to power as Prime Minister, then
acting President]
DAVID FROST:
In this his first television interview with a Western or indeed a foreign
journalist since he entered the Kremlin I asked him about relations with the
West, Chechnya and his background in the KGB, but I started by asking
him about his stated determination to make Russia strong again, was this,
as some have feared, an indication of a throwback to the days of the Cold
War?
PUTIN:
My position is that our country should be a strong, powerful state, a capable
state, effective, in which both its citizens of the Russian Federation and all
those who want to co-operate with Russia could feel comfortable, could feel
protected, could always feel in their own shoes - if you will allow the
expression - psychologically, morally. But that has nothing to do with
aggression. If we again and again go back to the terminology of the cold war
we are never going to discard attitudes and problems that humanity had to
grapple with a mere 15-20 years ago. We in Russia have to a large extent rid
ourselves of what is related to the cold war. Regrettably , it appears that our
partners in the west are all too often still in the grip of old notions and tend to
picture Russia as a potential aggressor. That is a completely wrong
conception of our country. It gets in the way of developing normal relations in
Europe and indeed the world.
DAVID FROST:
Looking at the opinion polls today, which show you at approx. 60 percent and
Zyuganov approx. at 23 percent. You must be very happy.
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PUTIN:
Outside the framework of this interview we talked about sports a little. You
know that I have been into sports since I was a kid, I like sports. We have
always been taught that any partner, any opponent should be treated with
respect. That means that in some ways he may be stronger than you, so I am
not inclined to believe that I am assured of victory, that I have it in my hand,
that the campaign is over. I don't think I have a right to consider myself a
winner. Gennady Zyuganov and his Communist party enjoy a substantial
base of support..
DAVID FROST:
Let's move on now to the subject of Chechnya. First of all, could you explain
to me, you said once about this entire part of the federation has been
occupied by the criminal world and turned into a fortress. What is it that
makes you feel so strongly about Chechnya?
PUTIN:
When I think about Chechnya my first thoughts are that the Chechen people
have fallen victim to international extremism, I think that rank and file people
in Chechnya suffer because of the policies conducted by Russia over the past
few years. Let's face it: Chechnya enjoyed de-facto - and I want to stress that
- de-facto - complete independence since 1996. Regrettably, no coherent
state structure ever came into being in Chechnya. And then extremist forces
took advantage of that vacuum, they broke up the territory of the Chechen
republic into a maze of small separate entities - outside the framework of any
constitution, any legal foundation - each headed by a warlord, a so-called
field commander. So what we got was like a mini-Afghanistan. The warlords
became the real masters of these tiny entities within a small and, doubtless, a
proud nation. And that precipitated the tragedy with which we are confronted
today. Those extremist forces began reclaiming this territory, as it were. Arms
were supplied to them from outside the country, money began to flow,
mercenaries began to arrive. It should also be said that in these few years
220 thousand ethnic Russians left the territory of the republic - just think of
that - that about 550-600 thousand Chechens. They all voted with their feet,
they all fled from that regime. Last summer there was a completely
unprovoked attack on the territory of the republic of Dagestan which borders
on Chechnya….. the bandits then bombed several residential blocks in
Moscow, Volgodonsk and other regions of the Russian Federation. As a
symbol of their revenge they killed almost 1500 ordinary residents in those
blasts. And from that moment on it became crystal clear to us that unless we
deliver a blow at the very lair of terrorism, at the bases situated in the territory
of the Chechen republic, we would never be able to rid ourselves of this
scourge, this gangrene. With their actions the terrorists forced us to pursue
this option - and I just don't think they expected us to act as resolutely as we
did.
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Experienced professional with a focus on children and young people with SEND, and who may have experienced adverse childhood experiences. Professional who seeks to improve aspiration and opportunity for all children and young people. Background includes pastoral lead in a secondary school overseeing behaviour management, enforcing statutory policy as well as establishment policy, forming student support plans with the child’s voice at the centre of this. Currently in post supporting families in preventative services, forming early help assessments and reviewing frequently, a professional who consistently engages and supports multi-agency working. Bachelor's degree in Education Studies from Bath Spa University and ongoing training and continuous professional development opportunities sought surrounding trauma & attachment, contextual safeguarding, autism awareness, signs of safety, whole family assessments, understanding domestic abuse, child exploitation and more.
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