I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much.

Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force.

We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

The Russians have turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world nowadays. Is that not a problem?

I only had a telephone conversation with [Donald Trump], whereas [Shinzō ] Abe met with him in person.

Everything will probably never be Ok. But we have to try for it.

We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].