„(Our) Australian partners created an extraordinarily welcoming atmosphere for work. I was surprised by the warmth with which normal Australian citizens received our delegation,“ Putin told a forum of supporters in Moscow, according to an official transcript on Tuesday…

„They (United States) do not want to humiliate us, they want to subdue us, solve their problems at our expense,“ Putin told a meeting with a core support group, the People‘s Front, triggering loud applause.

„No one in history ever managed to achieve this with Russia, and no one ever will.“