Politics

“As soon as possible by the decision of our monitoring group Laima Vaikule will be added to the Crimean Dossier. It is inadmissible to consider the Crimean situation through an open or closed wallet. The quality of the soul of an artist is not measured in silver coins.”

“Legal religious activities are not only allowed in any region of China, but also well protected. However in an attempt to divide China's national unity, many Western forces have repeatedly made an issue of the country's religious freedom, making groundless claims that religious groups are suppressed in China.”

“Let us remind you, dear President, that the headquarters in Slovakia was not opened by the Russian citizens, but by the Slovaks themselves. And offices in Europe are opened not on the initiative of Moscow, but on the initiative of the citizens of European countries themselves who have searched for the truth and found it in the Night Wolves, and not in your hypocritical and unprincipled satanic world order.”

"Russia's financial system is fairly stable, it is well known to everyone. It has proved its stability in quite difficult times. Against the background of the continuing unpredictability of our overseas partners, of course, we must and we are keeping our financial system in proper state."

“It would be wrong to hide the fact that the material and technical equipment of the Russian army in that war left much to be desired. Especially in comparison with the Georgian units, which Western countries had armed with modern "high-tech" and trained to fight according to NATO standards for years.”

"We also have a lot of reasons not to trust particularly Bellingcat which was repeatedly caught red-handed by Internet users by voicing anti-Russian or anti-Syrian allegations based on fakes. And these fakes are largely exposed in the Web. Internet users have a lot of questions about Bellingcat financing, important American and Western funds that traditionally support anti-Russian campaigns are said to be the main sponsors."

"I don't even know who sent them there. I don’t know whether they represented the media or a public organization there. I have no such information.”

According to information given to the Russian embassy in the CAR, during an initial examination, local doctors found no signs of torture, only gunshot wounds.”

“The head of the Russian Lower House Committee for Eurasian Integration says the recent proposal to split Russia into several parts, voiced by a Latvian MP, is proof of NATO’s hostile plans.”

"They are trying to charge her with violation of the US law on foreign agents, though she has not worked for any foreign state, and studied at a Washington university."

“In such conditions, we demonstrate openness, friendliness and the absence of any sort of aggression against foreign countries.”

“Mr. Lavrov underscored the unacceptability of actions of U.S. authorities who had arrested Russian citizen Maria Butina on trumped-up charges and the need for her fastest possible release.”