Donald Trump is a brilliant and talented person, without a doubt.

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us.

Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries, we have reduced production taxes, leaving money in the economy. We have optimised state spending.

I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].

It is true that the role of the state in the Russian economy may be too big today, but from the fiscal standpoint, it is not always practical to do this in a falling market.

Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.