Ukraine

“Perhaps for the U.S. this is indeed a ‘golden era,’ but for Ukraine, where ‘reformers’ shut down coal mines en masse and destroy the coal sector, this is a period of decline and total dependence on Washington.”

“The Ukrainian government is insisting that the section of the border in the area of the unrecognized republics must be closed. And indeed, the Minsk protocols require that the border with Russia be closed by Ukrainian border guards, but only after the key political decisions are adopted.”

“Dmitry Kiselyov has never expressed support for the directing of Russian forces to Ukraine... The EU Council did not provide information necessary to ensure [his] legal right to defense, since the accusations leveled were formulated in an unduly vague way.”

”When Gazprom’s consumers send us a request for gas offtake, they can be absolutely sure that they will receive that gas at the delivery point, right on time and in the amount agreed upon between the parties.”

Russian industry has practically not suffered from the introduction of Western sanctions. Moreover, American companies, especially oil companies have suffered serious losses.

“The International Court of Justice has taken a principled stand and did not support the numerous and well-known statements of the Ukrainian side about the alleged so-called "aggression" [and] "occupation" of Crimea, [viewing them] as being unrelated to the essence of the proceedings. In the process, the court did not support any of the temporary measures requested by Ukraine, nor the main point of this part of the Ukrainian suit -- that Russia is “pursuing a policy of erasing the cultural identity of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities."

“The sanctions imposed on Russia were a response to our country conducting an independent foreign policy, as well as a kind of punishment for the people of Crimea fulfilling their legitimate right to self-determination and right to freedom of expression enshrined in the foundational international documents on human rights.”

"Indeed, some time ago the RF Prosecutor General's Office was assigned to send material to the National Central Bureau of Interpol by the Interior Ministry of Russia to declare Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the international wanted list [on murder charges in Chechnya].”

"People in the Donbass die from Ukrainian army shelling, but there has been NOT ONE terrorist attack in Ukraine."

“The circumstances of the incident indicate a high probability of a provocation geared at breaking down the settlement process in Donbas."

“Our church is being oppressed, they are trying to deprive it of civil rights, trying to adopt laws that exclude the normal registration of the Orthodox parishes in Ukraine; the forced takeover of the churches is taking place.”

"Now… this terrible murder of the Russian and Ukrainian citizen, who used to be an MP in Russia [..] and President Poroshenko two hours after the guy was murdered says that this was a terrorist attack from Russia — who also blew up the munition depot near Kharkov. […]. I thought democracy was about establishing facts when you have suspicions."