It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons.

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

A policy of expansionism and conquest has no future in the modern world.

Europe and the United States are not the whole world.

We in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so.

Everything must be organized in the most rational way. The state won't accept excessive prices.

I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.