I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council can sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state is inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.

I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.

However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.

Representatives of the American intelligence agencies - and I hope they won't be angry - but they could have been more professional, and the diplomats as well. After they found out that he was flying to us, and that he was flying as a transit passenger, there was pressure from all sides - from the Americans, from the Europeans - instead of just letting him go to a country where they could operate easily.