"The parliament will consider this issue in the near future in accordance with the established procedure"

"We would like to emphasize the unacceptability for our country of any deployment of military contingents of the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' countries in Ukraine. This would de facto mean foreign intervention and an increase in the threat to Russia's security. We will consider such units to be legitimate military targets"

"They don't sit down without me. But these agencies should function independently. During wartime, the president shouldn't have to make that choice. I would very much like unity. The two sides didn't find it. And the problem here isn't just theirs, it's mine too. I don't absolve myself of responsibility"