It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.