President al-Assad and his army are the only force that actually fights ISIS.

One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.

Now they [NATO and the USA ] are sitting there, and we are talking about all these crises we would otherwise not have. You can also see this striving for an absolute triumph in the American missile defense plans.

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.

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

Brazil does have every right to develop its own peaceful nuclear programme.

Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law.