I Paid Too Heavy A Price For

The Time Has Come To Choose A New Direction Of Global Development, To Opt For A New Civilization.

It Sometimes Seems To Me That Some Of Our Western Partners Do Not Want Russia To Fully Recover. They Would Like Russia To Be In A Subdued State, And They Want Russian Resources To Be Used For The Benefit Of The U.s. Economy.

It Would Be Naive To Think That The Problems Plaguing Mankind Today Can Be Solved With Means And Methods Which Were Applied Or Seemed To Work In The Past.

We Used To Have Just One Criterion And That Was Profit, And Then Another Criterion Was Added - Social Welfare. Now We Have To Add The Third Important Criterion, And That Is Nature And The Environment.

The World Will Not Accept Dictatorship Or Domination.