Brazil does have every right to develop its own peaceful nuclear programme.

First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.

Russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed at removing legitimate government.

Changing things is not easy, and I say this without any irony. It is not that someone does not want to, but because it is a hard thing to do. Take Obama, a forward-thinking man, a liberal, a democrat. Did he not pledge to shut down Guantanamo before his election? But did he do it? No, he did not. And may I ask why not? Did he not want to do it? He wanted to, I am sure he did, but it did not work out. He sincerely wanted to do it, but did not succeed, since it turned out to be very complicated.

Russia and the United States are the biggest nuclear powers, this leaves us with an extra special responsibility. By the way, we manage to deal with it and work together in certain fields, particularly in resolving the issue of the Iranian nuclear programme. We worked together and we achieved positive results on the whole.

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

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.