She is an icon in our country. She is a Russian star. We need dedicated people like her to run the relationship with athletes.

Russia is a great winter sport country and we keep our fingers crossed and hope to make the cut (in June).

The people now in charge of the Kremlin administration are rubbing out the results of 15 years of the new, democratic Russia. Russia is ceasing to be democratic.

There are people working on things like a pill that can be swallowed to take pictures, but that's passive technology. These robots can actually go in and do something.

I don't want to live in a militarised country behind an iron curtain. It's boring. Been there and seen the movie. I've done that.

The Cold War was a boring thing. Nobody gets better for it. Tremendous money is wasted. Our lives get more difficult. We look at each other as enemies. What's good in that? In any case, I will do anything in my power in order to stop another Cold War, with the U.S. or any other country in the world.