“De Beers is apparently the main competitor”

“with the support, incidentally, of the First Lady of the United States”

“to move from quality to quantity”

“evolve in a positive direction”

“taking into account the realities on the ground”

“ready to negotiate and seek solutions to this difficult, complex situation”

“We know that [in the Baltic countries] they are violating the rights of the Russian-speaking population”

“we are planning corresponding humanitarian measures in accordance with international law”

“real efforts to end the war”

“constantly raises the issue”

“very quickly and unexpectedly”

“an enemy (NATO) twice our size”

“everything is written correctly”

“agreement of a positive nature”

“They are the ones who started it. Everywhere, on every front. Are these playthings, child's play?”

“why we are conducting the special military operation”

“millions of people are backing our fighters”

“Your choice and your will will once again demonstrate that millions of people stand behind our soldiers, that we are a united people bound together by shared values, historical memory, and love for our homeland, and that no one will succeed in dividing or intimidating us”

“accustomed to thinking in colonial categories”

“noted that the Ukrainian side significantly reduced”

“do our utmost to provide safety of the negotiators”

“reported threats of attacks on civilian aircraft”

“acts of state terrorism”

“If there are, then definitely [they will become targets – ed.].”

“Are there British military facilities in Ukraine?”

“words of brotherly support”

“a declaration of state terrorism”

“our greetings and words of sincere support”

“truce proved unstable and all too fragile”

“We were forced to think about ensuring our strategic security in a new reality”

“special and privileged partnership”

“And did you see polar bears?”

“most sensitive economic sectors”

“cause economic damage to our country”

“will never gain any advantage”

“The Kyiv regime set out to damage our economy. What did it do? It opened this Pandora's box itself. Well then, expect a response targeting your most sensitive economic sectors,”

“unprecedentedly high level of comprehensive strategic partnership”

“nothing less than piracy and robbery”

“What lovely weather you have there, just like a resort!”

“is enshrined in international documents as a reality that arose following the outcome of the World War II”

“much has been accomplished in terms of restoring our interstate relations”

“efforts to restore Syria’s territorial integrity”

“difficult and exceptionally consequential”

“the fate and future of our people”

“We took them out of the conflict area, saving their lives and health … Nobody was going to separate anyone, any children, from their families”

“the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century”

“the more strikes Kyiv launches on our civilian facilities … the bigger security zone we will need to create”

“confidently advancing, liberating one locality after another”

“the same enormous sacred meaning to Russia”

“and this is how we are always going to feel about this, now and forever”

“The Russian armed forces continue to firmly maintain the strategic initiative”

“absolutely no effect on the situation at the front, on the line of contact”

“going through a difficult period”

“honour all its social obligations”

“honor all its social obligations”