In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a grave social situation in Russia; our social protection system was destroyed; numerous problems emerged which we have not been able to cope with effectively yet, to get rid of them, in health, sports development.

This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you have to be crystal clear yourself. But there are problems here, and in this regard I unfortunately have a suspicion that this is just a way of getting votes and not a genuine desire to solve the problem.

Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it.

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

We conducted talks on border issues with our friends in the People's Republic of China for 40 years. There were also issues related to specific territories.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.