Exchanging of unfriendly statements, rejecting any possibility of cooperation and interaction in combating terror, especially in Syria and so on and so forth. So it's not something that contributes to global stability and security.

President Putin and President Trump-they both insist on their priority as national interest.

Any blaming that Russia could have been interfering in domestic affairs of the United States is slander. And it has no evidence at all.

Fighting with corruption is highly, is an issue, is a problem. It's highly on the agenda in our country.

We - Russian side is ready to be as active as American side is ready.

We're patient enough to wait until we understand what are the approaches of the present administration. We understand that they - the present administration still needs time to be more precise in formulating their main ideas in terms of Russia.

Telephone contacts, of course, cannot give you the perfect picture of each other's personality. But at least, during those contacts, and before the election, we've seen some tweets by Mr. Trump saying that, that he was in favor of getting in dialogue with the Russian Federation to try to understand each other's concerns.