There was no isolation of Russia to begin with. The initiator of its attempts was the Biden administration, and then Europe followed suit.

The US's satellites are even trying to isolate Russia more than the Americans themselves.

This morning, Peskov slipped this piece of paper to me. I quickly glanced at the letter.

The main thing is not age; the main thing is capability and efficiency. And some of my colleagues, who I repeat are older, demonstrate sufficient energy. They do a good job; whether they do it well or not is a matter of political assessment. But in general, they work actively.

One shouldn't be afraid; one must go to the elections.

Everyone saw how Trump was disciplining Zelensky, but there's still work to be done, we need to keep going.

Ukrainians want to get weapons from the United States, but for some reason they do not want to see the U.S. administration and President Trump as guarantors.

But why they refuse to see the U.S. administration and President Trump in that role is not entirely clear to me.

Ukrainian attacks on infrastructure are causing Russia some damage.

That means only one thing: air defenses must be strengthened.

Russia is deliberately cooling its economy for the sake of its long-term health.

Sanctions hurt those who impose them.

They froze $300 billion of our assets, but our reserves have already reached $500 billion.

We assume that the hostilities will end, based on the goals we have set. The goals of the special military operation remain unchanged.

Less than 15% of the Donetsk People's Republic territory remains under Kyiv's control. Don't they know this in Kyiv?

Russia will strive for the denazification of Ukraine.

The Great Reflecting Pool, that stretches between The Lincoln Memorial and The Washington Monument, just opened to “rave reviews” but, maliciously or not, some say, like The Washington Post, it was a “paint job.”

This was not a paint job. This was highly sophisticated material, industrial strength, that could last for 100 years, applied by very talented people, many of whom came from the Great State of Oklahoma, where I won 77 out of 77 Counties, THREE TIMES, the only President to ever do so.

The material is thick, strong, flexible, and has a natural, beautiful color, the dark blue of the American Flag!

With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down. That’s the way it was for 200 years.

Growth does not mean inflation! How else can a Country attain GREATNESS???

I do give a good hello from your friend President Trump, and I am encouraged by everything that has happened since I've been here, Mr. President.

We have a lot of ideas to talk about between our two capitals in the next week.

Thank you very much for conveying greetings from Washington, D.C.

Please convey my most welcoming remarks in a very friendly way back to President Trump.

I have already been inspired by St. Petersburg ballrooms in my lifetime and have done a lot of work in your cathedrals and your palaces.

So the answer is yes.

We don't see any provocations on the part of Iran.

In our consultations with the colleagues from Iran, we keep saying that they should deter from striking the neighboring states.

But they give a very straightforward answer: "We have been attacked, our children are being killed, and all the leaders of the state were killed. What can we do? We are forced to respond in such a way."

Russia believes that the decision of President Trump to stop the combat activities is the right one.

If we can do something, we are absolutely ready to do that. If not, then we'll be just hoping that all the parties involved will manage to resolve it with peaceful means.