1. 1The phrase is from Vladimir Surkov, deputy chief of the Presidential Administration, in an interview withKomsomolskaya pravda, 2004 .
2. 2Putin's address of 4 Sept. 2004 on the presidential website: http://www.kremlin.ru, last accessed2004 .
3. 3Putin's official speech is reproduced on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information and Press Department (IPD), Moscow, 14 Sept. 2004, http://www.mid.ru, last accessed2004 .
4. 4For additional comments made by Putin on 13 September see RTR Russia TV, Moscow, reproduced inJohnson's Russia List(JRL) (Washington DC; Center for Defense Information), no. 8365, 2004 .