Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.

The Central Bank is constantly purchasing, purchasing and selling and vice versa - this is their job.

Then, the specialists themselves, probably believe that in the course of EU expansion, for example, some elements concerning the readiness of some economies to enter the Eurozone have not been taken into account.

If you want to lower the significance of Russia in the world, you actually just want to elevate your own country. That is a mistake.

We are working in other areas [like ALROSA] as well, so there are no radical changes to our position. It is not the case when we have to, as we say, make a lot of fuss about it. In other words, we do not have to be obsessed with privatizing immediately and at any cost.

Of course, nobody does [want another Cuban Missile Crisis].

Political populism always poses a great danger because it disorients people, creates excessive expectations or, on the contrary, prioritises objectives that are clearly not priorities or are simply impossible to achieve.