According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives the Leninist concept of socialist construction both in theory and in practice. We want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy.

Lake Baikal in Russia has 25 percent of the freshwater resources of the world. Sixty-five percent of the Russian ecosystems are in danger. So let's preserve what we have, and let's take good care of nature.

Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink?

Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth?

Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.