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

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.

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.

Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.

It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.

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.

To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me.

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.’ No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own – nobody.

Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.

China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.

What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

The game is in a neutral country for both teams.

If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don’t express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It’s a form of aggression.