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

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.

I’m convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.

Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

I don’t read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist’s job is very interesting.

The whole world recognizes Russia’s cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority.

Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.

If you love a person you will not interfere with his personal life. You would not dare to break the boundaries of his inner world.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

I don’t wish to be without my brains, tho’ they doubtless interfere with a blind faith which would be very comfortable.

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

We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one’s own.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There’s no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.