Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

The thing is, however strange it may seem, that the interests of the United States and of the Russian Federation do coincide sometimes.

Our intention is to develop music, theatre and exhibition activities on the Far Eastern regions.

Radicals can be found in any environment.

In the near future, despite the development of alternative energy, when you look at the economics and environmental standards, then there's no other source of primary energy in the world than natural gas. Well, perhaps there is nuclear energy but there are also a lot of issues there and there are opponents of nuclear energy. Gas doesn't have those opponents. But there is a country that is, obviously, the world leader in gas reserves. That's our country, the Russian Federation.

Russia is an ancient country with historical, profound traditions and a very powerful moral foundation. And this foundation is a love for the Motherland and patriotism. Patriotism in the best sense of that word. Incidentally, I think that to a certain extent, to a significant extent, this is also attributable to the American people.

There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.