I am convinced that international terrorism gave itself the goal of not allowing the re-election of Bush. The statement by bin Laden in the final stages of the pre-election campaign is the best confirmation of this.

We all are interested in an open development, without any prejudice; this refers particularly and, perhaps, primarily to the Baltic countries, for them it is more important than for Russia.

Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.

There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the United States of America and the Russian people.

We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.

This issue is not economic but political. I hope that all market participants interested in maintaining stable and reasonable world energy prices will finally make the right decision.

The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia.