They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because we tell it like it is and don't engage in hypocrisy. But there is a limit to everything. And with Ukraine, our Western partners have crossed the line, playing the bear and acting irresponsibly and unprofessionally.

Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.

Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity means nothing but a political and administrative support of terrorist acts

European and American values do not fully coincide.

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

There is another domain that we consider relevant and having good prospects - marine biology. For many years this region [Russian Far East] has been home for one of the leading institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Marine Biology.

Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.