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If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms.

If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.

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.

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased.

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.

Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted.

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S., and that's the way it's done in Russia.

Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.

The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres – economic, political and humanitarian – and has imposed itself on other states.

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I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

At night, I don't do business meetings, because I think it sends the wrong message. I do dinner with friends, game night, or concerts.

Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster.

Why does the world dislike Russia? I do not think that we are unloved or considered to be ignorant.

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