Interviews 22 May, 2009

Patrushev Interview on National Security Strategy

By Yelena Ovcharenko

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the Russian Federation's National Security Strategy to 2020 coming into effect. Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev discussed the unique nature and specific features of this document.

Interviews 20 May, 2009

Primakov: Autopilot Does Not Work in a Crisis

By Marina Zavada and Yuriy Kulikov

At the height of the previous crisis, in the fall of 1998, political heavyweight Yevgeniy Primakov became the head of the government.

Interviews 20 April, 2009

Interview with Novaya Gazeta

By Dmitry Medvedev

NOVAYA GAZETA (EDITOR IN CHIEF DMITRY MURATOV): I wanted to start with general issues, but some are more urgent. It might be better to cancel the election in Sochi rather than to imitate it Imitation is more cynical than abolition. Candidate Lebedev was barred from the election by a court, and candidate Nemtsov is kept away from campaigning.

Interviews 31 March, 2009

Interview with the BBC

By Dmitry Medvedev

ANDREW MARR: Mr. President, thank you very much for coming here to give an interview to the BBC. First, I would like you to reflect on the overall economic situation. We are meeting today at the time of the global crisis. How did it affect Russia? What do you think is the most probable course of events in your country?

Interviews 08 October, 2008

Interview with Dr. Narochnitskaya

By Alexander Latyshev

President Dmitriy Medvedev said the other day that 8 August 2008 was for Russia what 9/11 was for the United States. A critical date, that is to say, after which, as the saying goes, "the world will never be the same" -- both for us and for others.

Interviews 08 Оctober, 2007

Investigation Needs Quiet

By Izvestia Correspondent

An interview granted by Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigations Committee under the RF Prosecutor's Office, to the Izvestia daily

Interviews 14 February, 2007

Break Up the Power - Money Linkage

By Boris Krotkov

The Russian State Duma is about to consider a bill that would ban Russian bureaucrats from accepting fees and other pecuniary gifts for from foreign governments and any foreign endowments, even for teaching and research work

Interviews 21 January, 2007

A Tuner for Film Director

By Alexander Gubanov

Internationally renowned movie director Nikita Mikhalkov is noted for his cast-iron constitution, in particular for his ability to cope with super-human pressures while spending no more than four or five hours on sleep.