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" If you look at U.S. Congress, 80 percent of them have never left the U.S.A., so I'm not surprised about Russophobia in Congress. "
Sergei Lavrov
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" I wouldn't even go into the history of the last days of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal from Europe, and what promises were given at that time, because those were oral promises, and our leaders of that time strongly believe that, like in ancient Russia, a word given is better than any treaty. "
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" All our security now depends on the wise decisions and cooperation of our leaders. "
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" For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange opinions and work out recommendations, but to make decisions. "
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" We have been getting out of the situation where we found ourselves in the early '90s, when the Soviet Union disappeared and the Russian Federation became what it is - you know, with no borders, with no budget, no money, and with huge problems starting with lack of food and so on and so forth. "
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" Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences. "
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" We keep our reserves both in dollars and in Euros mostly. "
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" Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia. "
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" Attempts to put pressure on Russia and to compel it to abandon its values, truth and justice have no prospects whatsoever. "
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" Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. "
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" Iran will be the most checked and inspected country if the principles agreed in Lausanne are transferred into the language of practical agreements. "
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" The struggle against terrorists in the territory of Syria should be structured in cooperation with the Syrian government, which clearly stated its readiness to join it. "
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" Russia and the U.S. have unique experience in ensuring the safety and security of nuclear material. "
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" When the Georgian army started this assault against the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, the Georgian peacekeepers, serving in one contingent with their Russian friends, joined the army and started killing the Russian comrades in arms. "
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" You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law. "
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" We have been protecting the lives of the Russian peacekeepers who had been attacked by their Georgian comrades, because there was a joint peacekeeping force. "
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" If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right? "
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" A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics. "
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" Every country has its political face and political traditions. "
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" We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. "
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" When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get. "
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" We feel no isolation. But, having said that, I want to emphasise in particular that we do not want to go to extremes and abandon the European and American directions in our foreign economic cooperation. "
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" When you buy a company at an auction, and you are committing yourself to pay some $300 million to the state because it was a privatization deal, and you don't pay it, is it OK? Isn't it something that deserves court procedures? "
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" Regarding the visa-free regime, it has undoubtedly become a problem for the European Union, above all in terms of its capacity to reach agreements. "
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" We are certain that Ukraine needs profound constitutional reform. In all fairness, we can't see any other way to ensure the stable development of Ukraine but to sign a federal agreement. "
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" Russia would prefer to rebuild trust rather than allow it to further corrode. That's why, in July 2007, President Putin, in the spirit of strategic openness, proposed a truly collective effort at missile defense for Europe. "
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" In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control. "
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" It is absolutely unacceptable to talk to Russia - or anyone for that matter - in the language of ultimatums and coercive measures. "
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" We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one else does. "
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" I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide. "
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