It sometimes seems to me that some of our Western partners do not want Russia to fully recover. They would like Russia to be in a subdued state, and they want Russian resources to be used for the benefit of the U.S. economy.

People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history.

Montreal, this wonderful town… Pearl of Canada, Pearl of the world.

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. Being at one with nature.

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation.

...the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant...has painfully affected the Soviet people, and shocked the international community. For the first time, we confront the real force of nuclear energy, out of control.

Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.