I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

We are not going to waste our reserves and burn them for any political ambitions. We will act very carefully.

Life would be boring without gossip.

[Economic restrictions] is one of the elements that is destabilising the world economic order that was at one time created largely by the United States itself at the dawn of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that was later transformed into the World Trade Organisation.

We believe in the fundamental principles of the European economy.

In Russia, we are ready to listen to our partners, ready to listen to appraisals and assessments when it is done in a friendly manner, in order to establish contacts and create a common atmosphere and dedicate ourselves to shared values. But we absolutely will not accept when such things are used as a tool of political struggle. I want everybody to know that. This is our message.

The climate is changing. This year we have come to understand this when we faced events that resulted in fires.