If the world economy is divided into isolated economic blocs of this kind, it will be rather difficult to achieve the same interpretation and application of international rules of economic activity and world trade.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

I am very grateful to our people who appreciate my work and for their support, as without that support it would have been impossible to get anything done.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

No doubt, the United States and the American people are a gear country and a great people. Nobody disputes this, but talking about exceptionalism is way too much, and this is creating certain problems in relations, and not only with Russia, as I see it.

Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] and I have spoken a lot, and we said all the right things, in my opinion, about creating an atmosphere of trust and friendship between our nations and peoples.

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.