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"We must move away from the primitive notion of separation between church and state," Putin said in response.

And with the eurozone economies in an increasingly parlous state, Putin still assumes that Angela Merkel and François Hollande will resist, and ultimately remove, the sanctions that are causing growing damage.

"Despite the existing differences in the Russian and French positions we are for keeping Syria an integral, democratic state," Putin told a joint news conference after talks with the French president, François Hollande.

"Why don't you take a look at the post-Soviet states," Putin responded.

"It's another clear attempt by the USA to spread its jurisdiction to other states," Putin added, before saying that the timing of the arrests — days before the presidential election — was deliberately timed to harass Blatter.

Given the PEGIDA mix of anti-Islam and pro-Russian slogans, he stated, "Putin's strategy seems to be to build up a 'fifth column' of far-right parties in Europe willing to cooperate with the Kremlin".

North Korea's economic state, Mr. Putin reportedly said, reminded him of the Soviet Union in the 1950's.

It is far too early to state that Putin has gotten the message and will be less authoritarian and more democratic in his third term.

Radicals in the Caucasus feel the same way about the Russian state.Mr Putin came to power pledging to fight the centrifugal forces in Russia.

The Minsk summit is a meeting between the EU and the heads of state of Putin's Customs Union, which includes Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan.

"Someone decided to shake Russia from inside, and rocked things so much that the Russian state crumbled," Putin once warned a gathering of students and young teachers.