Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.

The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.