Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage.

It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.

The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.

We have got to cut the spending. We have got to fix Medicare and Social Security. And actually, if we don't cut spending, this country is already broke. We are going off the financial cliff: the big cliff that is going to cause a total economic collapse of America.

Not only am I a spender, I have had a couple of business people in the past who have been spending my money quite happily.

It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.