Whoever is the first to cry "Stop the thief" is the one who is guilty.

Challenging American leadership is not at stake.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone if I say that I like Russia even more.

Indeed, that is exactly what they [the Arctic convoys] were. We know that the conditions in which they fought were appalling. Time and again they faced death in the name of a common victory and we remember that.

We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and faith in our strength are bound to bring us success. There should be no place for despondency. The crisis can and must be fought by uniting our intellectual, spiritual and material resources.

If you want to lower the significance of Russia in the world, you actually just want to elevate your own country. That is a mistake.