Everything will probably never be Ok. But we have to try for it.

Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.

What happened in Ukraine? The coup d'état in Ukraine has led to a civil war, because, yes, let's say, many Ukrainians no longer trusted President Yanukovych. However, they should have legitimately come to the polls and voted for another head of state instead of staging a coup d'état. And after the coup d'état took place, someone supported it, someone was satisfied with it, while others were not. And those who did not like it were treated from the position of force. And that led to a civil war.

Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'

I believe that a country, Russia in this case, which can defend the honour and dignity of its citizens, protect their lives, and fulfill its international legal commitments under the peacekeeping mandate, will not find itself in isolation, no matter what our partners in Europe or the United States may think, expressing their bloc mentality.

If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.

I think Shidzo Abe's proposal may be the only way to achieving our goal.