European and American values do not fully coincide.

There are some gestures, of course, that you can only interpret one way, but no one has ever seen those kinds of gestures directed by Obama at me or by me at Obama, and I hope that never happens. Everything else is fantasy.

After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first point.

This is the large range of issues we have to discuss [with Shinzō Abe] and make a decision on each one of them. Look, after the resumption of the negotiating process in 2000, we did not refuse to consistently work toward signing this peace treaty.

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.