Interview with Italian magazine Limes, published on February 4, 2016

... they not voted for reunification with Russia. No price is too high in this situation. As for the possibility of resolving the Ukrainian crisis, our ties with our foreign partners show that even though we hold different opinions on the situation in that ... ... unacceptability of subversive actions and support for the unconstitutional change of government in other countries. We believe that the Helsinki+40 process in the OSCE has paved the way for continuing serious discussions on this issue and on an entire range of issues ...