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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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" Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices. "

" If our interests - our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians - have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia, for example, I do not see any other way but to respond in accordance with international law. "

" Iran will be the most checked and inspected country if the principles agreed in Lausanne are transferred into the language of practical agreements. "

" There is nothing in this world which could be not described as requiring more. "

" Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. "

" On September 11, 2001, Russia's then-president, Vladimir Putin, called U.S. President George W. Bush - making Putin the first international leader to speak with Bush after the attacks. "

" We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan army and security forces with arms and helicopters, we cooperate in training officers for law enforcement agencies. "

" I don't believe in ideology in international relations. "

" With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way. "

" I don't think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems. "

" Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences. "

" The jihadists come from many European countries, Russia included, and some even from the United States; hundreds of them - if you take Europe, Russia and the U.S. - are fighting in the ranks of extremist groups. "

" Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law. "

" Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms. "

" 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. "

" Assertions that Russia has undermined efforts to strengthen partnerships on the European continent do not correspond to the facts. "

" 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. "

" We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents. "

" You know that we are not in the regime-change game. We are against interference in domestic conflicts. "

" Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries. "

" The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis. "

" People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of force cannot produce a lasting long-term settlement. "

" NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation. "

" Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies. "

" Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially women, children and the elderly. "

" I don't want to say that sanctions are ridiculous and that we couldn't care less; these are not pleasant things... We find little joy in that, but there are no painful sensations. We have lived through tougher times. "

" In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control. "

" NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO. "

" What we did say is that it is up to the Syrians themselves to decide how to run the country, how to introduce the reforms, what kind reforms, without any outside interference. "

" Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia. "