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.

[Russian forces] managed to do the impossible -- that is to save lives of hundreds, ... We have proven that Russia will not fall to its knees.

I will not allow any destabilization in Russia, in the interests of the ... peoples of the Russian Federation,

Today I told George that in Russia we, too, will draw our conclusions

I'm sure Russia and others will not accept such an agenda because this is a United States agenda,

This will have serious negative repercussions. We call upon the quartet [ the United States, European Union, Russia and United Nations] to exert every possible effort in order to introduce the road map for peace.