We ask that (other countries) do not interfere in our regulation.

I do not want to answer provocative question.

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

All civilised countries should unite in the fight against international terrorism.

They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was a great musician, and we all love his music. So what? I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We have absolutely normal relations, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary here.

The nationalists' coup in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in February 2014 has hugely scared 2.5 million Russian people living on Crimea. So what did we do? We have not gone to war, we have not fired, not a single person was killed. Our soldiers have merely prevented the Ukrainian troops on Crimea from impeding the freedom of expression of the people.

I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. 'Superpower' is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now?