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.

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.

You know every stage of your life has an impact on you.

Very interested in expanding the number of participants who will take part in laying the new gas pipeline in Europe.

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.

Unfortunately, the relations between the United Kingdom and Russia have not developed in the best possible way; however, it has never been our fault. It was not we who decided to discontinue relations with the United Kingdom; it was the UK who preferred to "freeze" our bilateral contacts in various fields.