The mutual sympathy of our peoples is and will remain the foundation of our relations [with Germany].

I was told that [Japan journalists] wanted to see my dog, Yume. You can see that she is in great shape.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

There is also a huge potential for developing the aviation and space industries. As you might have noticed we have launched a new Russian spaceport in one of the Far Eastern regions.

I do not want to answer provocative question.

We are ready to deal with any President [of U.S], but of course, and I mentioned that, it depends on the readiness of the future Administration.

I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy resources, such as hydrocarbons, oil and now natural gas, petrochemicals on the one hand and textiles and footwear on the other] to a whole new level of economic cooperation. For example, we are working together on space programmes. Moreover, we are developing and soon will begin the production of a heavy helicopter. We are now tracing the plan for the creation of a wide-body long-range aircraft.