Verdicts

“In recent years, mortality [in road accidents] has decreased in this country. From 19 people per 100,000 population, it has already fallen to 13 people, but... the final goals we set are even more stringent: to 4 people per 100,000 population.”

“As for the question that you asked US Secretary of State on the allegations regarding Russia meddling in the US election, I would like to say that today I transmitted to Mike Pompeo a copy of an article published in the United States in 1987 claiming that the Soviet Union would try to meddle in the 1988 US presidential election.”

“Actually, these are already not restrictions at all: this is a direct and unequivocal declaration of economic war against the entire European subcontinent.”

“Most likely [Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s] inaugural speech was edited overseas, otherwise the president wouldn’t be making belligerent statements on the very first day, threatening to seize the territory of a neighboring state.”

“Poroshenko is preparing for a 3rd round of presidential elections in Ukraine.”

“Russia has gained control over the Ukrainian economy, an expert said.”

“Despite Aslund's (and many of his colleagues') rock-solid belief that there must be the mythical ‘Putin’s billions’ in the West, American (and not only American) intelligence agencies, which have full access to all financial transactions in the U.S., UK, the European Union and offshore jurisdictions in the Western world, could not find anything."

“Here, by the way, is the perfect, freshest example of such fanning of a hybrid war. It is a recent report by the RAND Corporation -- financed, by the way, by the U.S. Defense [Department] – regarding so-called hybrid Russian aggression in the Baltic states. The report is, in essence, war propaganda and frightening the population about the inevitability of Russian intervention in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.”

“If the [Nord Stream 2] gas pipeline is built by the end of 2019 and put into operation in 2020, European families gain access to a lower cost gas source and save €8 billion per year. This will happen due to the fact that prices will decrease by 13 percent.”

"I understand that some countries would like to forget as soon as possible about the role that they played in the years of prior to World War II. However, I deem those attempts to accuse us of militarizing public opinion as offensive."

"We have been the single NATO member country that fought with Daesh in the Syrian field, man-to-man. And we were the only NATO country that devastated this terrorist organization."

“Look, they cheated, and the damage for us both economically and financially, and indeed reputational, is very serious.”