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" The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis. "
Sergei Lavrov
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" All our security now depends on the wise decisions and cooperation of our leaders. "
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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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" If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow. "
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" I can only say that I have good personal relations with all secretaries of state with whom I have a chance to work. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" I hope that the United States would cooperate with the partners to reduce its debt. The debt is a problem. The debt is with you, but unfortunately, the debt is not only with you but with us and with the rest of the world because we all, one way or another, are dependent on the dollar. "
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" We keep our reserves both in dollars and in Euros mostly. "
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" You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed. "
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" We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations. "
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" I don't think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems. "
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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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" There's no room for petty grievances in politics. "
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" Every country has its political face and political traditions. "
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" We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows. "
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" Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests. "
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" We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria. "
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" We have become stronger economically; we have been successfully resolving the social problems, raising the level of living - the standards of living - of the population. "
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" We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden. "
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" 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. "
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" You know that we are not in the regime-change game. We are against interference in domestic conflicts. "
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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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" Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds. "
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" I know that Britain and the United States and others ship arms in the Middle East, 10 or maybe 100 times more than the Russian does. "
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" 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. "
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