You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.

Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and decide themselves who they are: men or women, if they want to have a traditional or homosexual marriage.

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.

We see and realise that the political situation in the United States is influenced by those who have lost the elections but refuse to accept their defeat, and who continue to use the anti-Russia card and various allegations most actively in the political infighting. This is why we are in no hurry, we are ready to wait, yet we strongly hope that Russian-US relations will become normal again sometime in the future.

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first point.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.