In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.