If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.

We may have more control, but my point is that, strictly speaking, Rosneft is not a state company. I think that this is an obvious fact, as a foreign investor has a 19.7 percent stake in it.

In relations between the states ... the interests of the country should be correlated with the interests of other countries, and compromise is to be found when resolving the most complex issues.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is controlling this, the sanctions against Iran are lifted - but still the US are working on their missile defense system. What is the point of this?

I simply noted that one of the groups, especially exporters, would prefer to have a weaker rouble.

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.

Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton is focusing on a different part of the voters trying to influence them in her own way as well; so they attack each other [with Donald Trump].