The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.
What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.
Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.
The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.
The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that.
I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.
When the States already had nuclear weapons, and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels.
A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.
Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military.
In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.
For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.
How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?
It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.
