Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

I would like to assure you that there is no organization or any sort of repression against people who don’t agree with our actions, for example in Ukraine, Crimea, or any other external issue, no one from official government organs do this.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

But if the U.S. were to leave now and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would definitely be a second mistake.

Fifteen percent of Russia badly polluted.

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

In order to preserve a balance, while we aren't planning to build a missile defence of our own, as it's very expensive and its efficiency is not quite clear yet, we have to develop offensive strike systems. They [U.S.] should give us all the information about the missile defence, and we will be ready then to provide some information about offensive weapons.