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

Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices.

Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation.

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

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

NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation.