"Take power into your own hands. It seems it will be easier to agree with you than with this gang of drug addicts and neo Nazis who settled in Kyiv and took the entire people hostage."

"I am a man of flesh and blood. I have feelings, and sometimes I even get upset."

"I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as…"

"I have a lot of friends. I don't need any more."

"If you don't like something, don't do it. If you do it, don't complain."