How can I be a gangster, if I worked for the KGB? It is absolutely ridiculous.
I have never changed. I feel as young as I always did and remain close friends with Gerhard Schrรถder.
I think Shidzo Abe's proposal may be the only way to achieving our goal.
I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.
There is always a chance [for negotiations with Japan], or else it makes no sense to talk. How great is it? Right now, it is difficult for me to say, because this will depend, among other things, on the flexibility of our partners.
Russia has long recognized the borders of today's Ukraine. By and large, we have completed our talks on the border. Now we have to deal with the demarcation, but this is a technical issue.