The people who lost the elections do not want to admit that they really lost, that the one who won was closer to the people and better understood what ordinary voters want. They are absolutely reluctant to admit this, and prefer deluding themselves and others into thinking it was not their fault, that their policy was correct, they did all the right things, but someone from the outside thwarted them. But it was not so. They just lost and they have to admit it.

Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for energy. We suffer dangerous revenue losses in our export of oil and gas, which we can partly compensate for elsewhere. But the whole thing also has a positive side: if you earn so many petrodollars - as we once did - that you can buy anything abroad, this slows down developments in your own country.

We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

Nothing matters for a drastic change in Ukraine more than political transformations.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

European and American values do not fully coincide.

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.