Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

I did not criticize the Central Bank's position.

If I said that oil production would collapse I was wrong.

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.

I would like to repeat: I know absolutely nothing about [hacker's attacks], and Russia has never done anything like this at the State level.

Russia should be competitive, be able to protect its own interests and influence the processes that are important to it.

In the referendum - which was still decided to take place by the Crimea's old parliament - the majority of citizens voted for belonging to Russia. This is democracy, the people's will.