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 if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

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

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.