Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people - of its citizens. This is our final choice, and we have no way back. There can be no return to what we used to have before. And the guarantee for this is the choice of the Russian people, themselves. No, guarantees from outside cannot be provided. This is impossible. It would be impossible for Russia today. Any kind of turn towards totalitarianism for Russia would be impossible, due to the condition of the Russian society.

People in Chechnya - just as throughout Russia - must have the possibility to live normally, to have rest and leisure and medical treatment and to raise and ed…

I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged…

Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster.

'Democracy is a means of achieving a higher level of individual and collective gratification, welfare, peace, stability and prosperity. It is not an end in its…

Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas.

'The process of electing members of Parliament to represent the people is at the heart of western democracy. Fiji courts are also part of an independent judici…