Is this authentic?

[Jules Levin]

An acquaintance forwards everything that comes to him.  I am trying to 
teach him not to trust the web.  The following is circulating now.  Is 
it genuine?

"  Putin's Speech on Feb. 04, 2013
[snip]
On February 4th, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed 
the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions 
with minorities in Russia :

"In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to 
live in Russia , to work and eat in Russia , should speak Russian, and 
should respect the Russian laws.  If they prefer Sharia Law, then we 
advise them to go to those places where that's the state law.  Russia 
does not need minorities.  Minorities need Russia , and we will not 
grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their 
desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'.  We better learn 
from the suicides of America , England , Holland and France , if we are 
to survive as a nation.  The Russian customs and traditions are not 
compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most 
minorities.  When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new 
laws, it should have in mind the national interest first, observing that 
the minorities are not Russians."

Jules Levin

"Don't believe everything you read on the web."
                                                                         
--Abraham Lincoln

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