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" Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations. "

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" There's no room for petty grievances in politics. "

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

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

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

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

" I very much hope that the United States will finally... realise that they can no longer act as the prosecutor, the judge, and the executioner in every part of the world and that they need to cooperate to resolve issues. "

" 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. "

" It is absolutely unacceptable to talk to Russia - or anyone for that matter - in the language of ultimatums and coercive measures. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons. "

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" We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region. "

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

" Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Russia and the U.S. have unique experience in ensuring the safety and security of nuclear material. "

" If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right? "

" 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? "

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

" You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law. "

" We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria. "

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

" The international community unfortunately did take sides in Libya, and we would never allow the Security Council to authorise anything similar to what happened in Libya. "