One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.

All we need is good will, and we have to start working in a way that considers each other's interests [with U.S]. In my view, this is a mandatory condition.

Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for energy. We suffer dangerous revenue losses in our export of oil and gas, which we can partly compensate for elsewhere. But the whole thing also has a positive side: if you earn so many petrodollars - as we once did - that you can buy anything abroad, this slows down developments in your own country.

I do not want to answer provocative question.

Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.

President al-Assad and his army are the only force that actually fights ISIS.

The Central Bank should take into account other things as well: the stability of the bank system in the country, the increase or decrease of money supply in the economy, its influence on inflation.