We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

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.

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.

I am sure that, after all, any man in my place should set a positive example for other people.

The Russian people chose democracy at the beginning of the 1990s and this was their final choice.

Are we not concerned, for example, by the growing danger related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile technology? All of this poses a clear threat to the world, to the region. However, we have obvious points of convergence that are related to our interests.

In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter.