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

Very interested in expanding the number of participants who will take part in laying the new gas pipeline in Europe.

Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia.

In general, Gazprom is doing well and is increasing export in its traditional partner countries.

I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much.

Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.