Politics

“We had no links with the analytical organization Cambridge Analytica, which received access to the data of Facebook users during the election campaign in the United States.”

Emirates Air #Moscow informs I won’t make my Houston Flight as #US Officials instruct them to not let me board. Valid reason yet to be received. US has the Sovereign right of course. Sure it has nothing to do with my name, being part of #lka opposition or my travel from #Russia (winking emoji)

“For any country with weapons of mass destruction — the U.K., the U.S., China and all developed countries — any country with at least some chemistry would have zero problems creating this kind of weapon. Why aren’t the British providing a sample to Moscow? Because no matter how hard [British] specialists try, a technology will always differ somewhat. This is its unique signature. It will be immediately clear that it is not a Russian-made technology.”

"Information began to leak that he did so (committed suicide) because of the difficulties associated with the reconstruction of the Nikolaev Airport, but it's hard to get rid of the thought that the other side could have eliminated him as one of the dangerous witnesses who could lift the veil of secrecy over the destruction of MH17 and thereby strengthen Russia's position, because it is quite obvious that it was not necessary and not advantageous for Russia to shoot down this aircraft, and that all this was a provocation directed against our country.”

“I have worked as an observer of elections for about 20 years and can say that in Russia I see improvements every time. And elections are becoming more transparent and open.”

“Even in these dishonest, non-competitive, unfree elections, we have the chance to have our say, to conduct our own political action, which can be quantified and presented.”

“Today it can be said that our economy has considerably overcome the consequences of the 2014-2015 crisis. The GDP growth for 2017 was approximately 1.5%, with a record inflation rate for modern Russia of about 2.5%.”

Give back Crimea? “What, have you lost your mind? There are no such circumstances and there never will be.”

The U.S. used Russia to prevent Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich from using his military against rioters in Kiev, and then ‘cheated’ Moscow by supporting an armed coup, President Vladimir Putin said.

“We have already made a statement that this is all nonsense, we have nothing to do with this”

“In January-February, the most significant increase occurred in these categories, because they went up by 200% from 163-165%. There is nothing surprising here.”

“If such accusations were put forward by the female journalists of Russia Today or Sputnik, for instance, against Senator McCain – then the outcome would be predetermined – in the U.S.A. the Russian female journalists would be blamed.”