Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

We have a professional relationship [with Chancellor Angela Merkel].2016 is the year of the German-Russian youth exchange, so the relations are moving on.

I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.

We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions.

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

This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you have to be crystal clear yourself. But there are problems here, and in this regard I unfortunately have a suspicion that this is just a way of getting votes and not a genuine desire to solve the problem.