I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

The AK-47 is not a device of aggression ... I devised this machine-gun for the security of my country.

When I see Bin Laden with his AK-47, I got nervous. But what can I do, terrorists aren't fools: they too chose the most reliable guns.

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.

When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, 'All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed.' So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been creating weapons to defend the borders of my fatherland, to be simple and reliable.