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I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

The threat to Russia isn't liberal Europe or America. It is nonliberal Islam and nonliberal China. Russia has to change. It can't be otherwise. It will take time. You have to be patient.

We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

Russia isn't likely to have any more military success in Syria and Iraq than has the United States.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preserving the European nature of its regime.