I grew up within heavy political censorship in China. Today in the West, you're doing exactly the same - sometimes even more ridiculous.

This is really like a cultural revolution, that tries to destroy anybody with a different attitude - he observes.

Russia is doing everything possible to help people who are being held hostage in Gaza. We focus on hostages who are also Russian citizens, but not only them - Putin says.

[With the condition of the army] it is impossible to fight and carry out its daily duties...And at the same time they sit there and get told that we will soon achieve the borders of 1991.

Everyone in Kiev has simply gone crazy, society at large supports this madness, they are defending a hopelessly sick country that has long been divorced from reality - he says.

Hillary Clinton advocates not letting Tucker Carson back into America after his interview with Vladimir Putin. This is the same Hillary Clinton, who gave us the [false] Trump-Russia collusion dossier and was never prosecuted.

Every Western journalist and, in general, any person in the world would be happy to interview Vladimir Putin. And, believe me, they tried to do it and were refused.

Sometimes we never understand why heads of state decide and choose who to talk to. It's all about relationships. It's about the numbers and who will give them the best platform to make their case - Williams says.