I have worked like a galley slave throughout these eight years, morning till night, and I have given all I could to this work. I am happy with the results.

Though we still come first in the sphere of gas export, national production has diminished due to the increasing volumes of hydrogenation for the electric power industry and therefore there is a lower need for gas at thermal power plants.

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.

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.

I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.

I simply noted that one of the groups, especially exporters, would prefer to have a weaker rouble.

I guess I can call myself a pragmatist with a conservative perspective. It would be hard for me to explain this, but I always take realities of today, lessons from the distant and recent past into consideration.