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.

Russia must realise its full potential in high-tech sectors such as modern energy technology, transport and communications, space and aircraft building.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

I am sure that, after all, any man in my place should set a positive example for other people.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

As far as I understand, the president-elect of the United States [Donald Trump] is ready for such joint work. We do not know yet what it will be like in actual practice. We have to wait for him to take office and form his administration.

Oil production, energy production are growing, though the latter has gone down by about 1 percent here, I believe... By the way, we occupy the first place in the world in gas export, accounting for 20 percent of the world market. We are also first in the sphere of liquid hydrocarbons export.