Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be...

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not allow us to develop the full range of our relations. Therefore, we will naturally strive to sign this treaty.

We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite honestly.

This work is either useless or harmful, because there is nothing good about populism. If you wanted to hear my opinion on this issue, that is what I think.

For me, it [Crimea] is not borders and state territories that matter, but people's fortunes.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions.