Vladimir Putin

China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds.

As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.

How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?

The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the first decade of the 21 century confirmed that it was a particularly significant and timely step.

In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased.

I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way.

You can swim any way you like in the Dead Sea, actually.

The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.

I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president.

In almost any country, probably in Russia in particular, it's fashionable to criticise people in power. If you come out in support of someone like me, you're going to be accused of trying to ingratiate yourself.

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.