"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"

"They characterize all the terrorist attacks by the Kiev authorities, the cold-blooded murder of women, children and the elderly in our country as 'necessary self-defense.

It is becoming clear that Europe is ready and willing to kill Russians and does not consider any actions against them a crime. To achieve this, Europe is ready not only to ignore the emerging Nazism in Ukraine, but also to 'dig up' its own Nazi practices"