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.
I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.
Spying has always gone on since ancient times.
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.
I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.
The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should be having any doubts.
Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.
The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.
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.
The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state.
If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies - it will fall apart on its own.
I don't read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.
The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization.
The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.
We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.
Cromwell is just as much of a bloody dictator as was Stalin.
