We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].

I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.

We understand that the Iranian position is very bad because of the well-known sanctions against that country, and it would be unfair to leave it on this sanction level.

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

The last time I was in Japan as President of Russia was 11 years ago, if memory serves. I later visited in my capacity as Prime Minister.

Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy.

Democracy is an internal subject of the developing society. There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different countries.