You know that we are not in the regime-change game. We are against interference in domestic conflicts.

Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.

When Colonel Gadhafi started using his air force against civilians on the ground, we did not hesitate. Then we supported the resolution of the Security Council, which introduced arms embargo for Libya.

We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone.

Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!

I wrote somewhere during the Cold War that I sometimes wish the Iron Curtain were much taller than it is, so that you could see whether the development of science with no communication was parallel on the two sides. In this case it certainly wasn't.

Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.