I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.

If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.

Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not allow us to develop the full range of our relations. Therefore, we will naturally strive to sign this treaty.

We will work with any Administration and with any President in whom the American people have placed their trust. That is, of course, if they wish to cooperate with Russia.

Then there is another area of activity - economic interaction between Russia and the United States. Right now, for example, it has already been made public that we signed a large deal to privatise one of our biggest oil and gas companies, Rosneft. We know for sure that US companies, as well as Japanese ones, by the way, are keenly interested in cooperation in Russia's oil and gas sector, in joint work. This has immense significance for world energy markets and will directly affect the whole world economy.