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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. "

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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. "

Sergei Lavrov

Russia

Justice

Pressure

" The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all. "

" Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. "

" Russia would not support anything which would be actually imposed on Syrians. "

" Every country has its political face and political traditions. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When Colonel Gadhafi started using his air force against civilians on the ground, we did not hesitate. Then we supported the resolution of the Security Council, which introduced arms embargo for Libya. "

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

Sergei Lavrov

Cannot

NATO

" Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation. "

" 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. "

" We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. "

" We firmly oppose the use of violence in the course of current transformations in Arab States, especially against civilians. We are well aware of the fact that the transformation of a society is a complex and generally long process, which rarely goes smoothly. "

" 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. "

" Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power? "

" Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed. "

" Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and powerful ground force to fight the Islamic State. "

" We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy. "

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

" When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get. "

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

" 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. "