American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

It scares me when the Europeans demand more and more democracy. It sounds like times past, when people here demanded more and more socialism.

Russian politics was focused for too long on fixing past mistakes - fixing the mistakes made in the 1990s.

I am of the opinion that we shouldn't turn away from Europe. We have to find ways to revitalize our relations.

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

In a crisis, we will destroy exactly the weapons. Russia will never again fight on its own territory .

Russians aren't good at haggling, they aren't passionate about business. But they are outstanding fighters.