President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either. We work, we argue about some issues. We are human. Sometimes one of us gets vexed. But I would like to repeat once again that global mutual interests form a good basis for finding a joint solution to our problems.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Russia, as well as any other country, does not need dictators, but it needs equitable principles of organizing the state and society: just, effective, flexibly responding to changes inside and outside the country - that is what Russia needs.

Whatever we do, all the knowledge, the experience, they stay with us, we carry them on, use them in one way or another.

One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.

Admire? No, I have never said that. I still appreciate Angela Merkel as a very professional and open person.

Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.