We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.