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" We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. "
Sergei Lavrov
Borders
Crossing
Intention
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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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Walks
Terrorist
Right
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Resolve
Judge
Hope
" There is nothing in this world which could be not described as requiring more. "
Sergei Lavrov
Which
World
More
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Respond
Way
See
" Russia and the U.S. bear a special responsibility in world affairs. We have much to offer the rest of the world. Our common history testifies to this, and modern challenges demand that we work together. "
Sergei Lavrov
Together
Responsibility
Work
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Peace
Law
Security
" 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
Left
Congress
About
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Effort
Why
Trust
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Say
Respect
Law
" Do not form your judgment about our military doctrine from the assessments given by NATO representatives. "
Sergei Lavrov
Our
Judgment
NATO
" I started, you know, to work as a diplomat during the Soviet days, and in spite of ideology being very high on the Communist Party agenda, I can assure you that in practical terms, we have always been trying to be pragmatic. "
Sergei Lavrov
I Can
You
Work
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
International
Ukraine
Sense
" 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? "
Sergei Lavrov
States
Assembly
Power
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Food
Early
Know
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Reach
Become
Above
" Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences. "
Sergei Lavrov
Experience
Either
Crisis
" We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden. "
Sergei Lavrov
Situation
Emotions
Grudges
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Cooperation
Isolation
Feel
" I don't believe in ideology in international relations. "
Sergei Lavrov
International
Ideology
Believe
" Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. "
Sergei Lavrov
Against
Attack
Being
" A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics. "
Sergei Lavrov
Only
Never
Medicine
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Time
Believe
History
" You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law. "
Sergei Lavrov
Cannot
Law
Strengthen
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Cooperation
Join
Struggle
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
First
Russia
September
" Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds. "
Sergei Lavrov
Christian
Orthodox
Other
" 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
" Even the state TV channels are not monolithic in their pro-government line, and the views they express are quite pluralistic. "
Sergei Lavrov
Express
TV
Even
" We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons. "
Sergei Lavrov
Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons
Against
" 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. "
Sergei Lavrov
Society
Fact
Long