Russia must realise its full potential in high-tech sectors such as modern energy technology, transport and communications, space and aircraft building.

I have always tried to sense the mood of the people, their needs, their attitude toward ways to solve problems, their priorities. That's mainly what I go by. And I think that's the most important thing in any person's work, in the work that the people of Russia entrusted in me.

In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there is an international treaty with Iran that bans Tehran from developing a potential military nuclear project.

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

We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

We are not going to waste our reserves and burn them for any political ambitions. We will act very carefully.

Thus, in view of what I have said, we could not officially hack [Hillary's Clinton mail]. It would require certain intuition and knowledge of the U.S. domestic policy peculiarities. I am not sure that even our experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have such intuition.