There is no one else at all who is fighting ISIS on the ground, except for President al-Assad's army.

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

If the world economy is divided into isolated economic blocs of this kind, it will be rather difficult to achieve the same interpretation and application of international rules of economic activity and world trade.

I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].

The Chechnya problem is a centuries-old problem. The thing is that today, fundamentalists and terrorists are exploiting those centuries-old problems to accomplish their own objectives that have nothing to do whatsoever with the interests of Chechnya.

I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people.

The natural economic, humanitarian and social integration, do not require any armed forces.