Even the state TV channels are not monolithic in their pro-government line, and the views they express are quite pluralistic.

Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds.

Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation.

Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms.

With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way.

When you buy a company at an auction, and you are committing yourself to pay some $300 million to the state because it was a privatization deal, and you don't pay it, is it OK? Isn't it something that deserves court procedures?