Ukraine

“Unfortunately, from the first meeting with the U.S. ambassador in Kiev, [Yovanovitch] gave me a list of people whom we should not prosecute.”

"… Maidan authorities, who under the guise of fighting the ‘aggressor’ violate fundamental rights of their own citizens and try to ruin traditional multi-faceted ties between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, will obviously leave not a good memory, and the court of history will inevitably pass a harsh sentence for them."

“There are no legal, cultural or historical reasons to hand these items over to Kyiv."

“Our country has repeatedly historically reaffirmed its role as a state that is the guarantor of stability and security, a party that brings peace, not aggression. The Second World War and the role of the Soviet Union in it are a global example of this.”

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“Russia has entered into a difficult demographic period. The birth rate is falling. The reasons for this are objective. But this doesn’t mean that we should accept this situation. At the beginning of the 2000s we managed to reverse the negative trend. It seemed impossible but we did it.”

“As the saying goes, [Metro Exodus] is a tall tale topped with Russophobia.”

“USA Air Forces: ‘Thanks very much to the Russians for taking Crimea”

“The latest wave of anti-Russian sanctions is related not to our relations with the Americans but to the domestic problems in the United States.”

“‘Not Odessa, but Kotsyubeyev!’ Why does Kyiv erase the real names of cities”

“A bill of [the] Verkhovna Rada that restricts the rights of observers at the elections of the President of Ukraine violates the international law.”

“At the Defense Ministry, which I have no connection with, I cannot negotiate the financing/supply of a private military contractor that doesn't exist.”