I am an optimist and I believe that together we shall be able now to make the right historical choice so as not to miss the great chance at the turn of centuries and millenia and make the current extremely difficult transition to a peaceful world order.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

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

I support freedom and I support a free market economy, but it should be a socially oriented market economy. I support globalization, but it should be globalization with a human face.

The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order.

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