It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons.

We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite honestly.

The aviation industry, including combat air force, has been traditionally developing here. It is the Russian Far East where the SU aircraft, which are well known worldwide, are manufactured.

The Central Bank is constantly purchasing, purchasing and selling and vice versa - this is their job.

It is well known, widely known that the US President-elect [Donald Trump] has publicly spoken in favour of normalising Russian-American relations. We cannot but support this. Of course, we understand that it will not be an easy job, taking into account the degree to which Russian-American relations have degraded. But we are ready to cover our part of the way.