Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.

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

We are marking the anniversary of the Arctic convoys.We really do consider members of the Arctic convoy to be heroes. This is true. I am not saying this as a fashion of speech.

Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and decide themselves who they are: men or women, if they want to have a traditional or homosexual marriage.

If the United Kingdom considers it necessary to start a dialogue on certain issues, we are ready for that, we are not going to pout or sulk. We take quite a pragmatic approach towards cooperation with our partners and we believe that it would be beneficial for both our countries.