“It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one’s own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.”

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

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

Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart.

Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

U.S. society doesn’t want to play the role of international policeman.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world.

I have always reacted negatively to those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others’ lives.

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90’s is final.

A considerable share of the world’s population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.

A man’s greatest joy is crushing his enemies.

Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

Borders are man-made they divide us physically don’t let them make us turn on each other – we are not enemies.

Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.

Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.

Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself.

Despite all expectations, the time of my last campaign and of my passing is near. I wish to die at home. Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep for me, lest the enemy be warned of my death.