A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.

We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given rise to great expectations and at the same time to powerful disappointments.

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

I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.

International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.

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.