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Terrorism
Innocent citizen hurrying to work have become victims of terrorists. The bombs exploded in rush hour, when metro is overloaded with passengers. It means that the terrorists wanted the largest possible number of victims. ‘Lubyanka’ and ‘Park Kultury’ metro stations are located in the very centre of Moscow. It means that the terrorists wanted to show that nobody in Russia can feel safe and secure. This is an insolent and cruel defiance to all citizen of multinational Russia. But I’m sure that terrorist attacks will not reach their main goals – to frighten the society, to bring chaos and political instability to our country.
29.03.2010 Sergei Mironov commented on explosions in Moscow Metro
Environmental issues
<...> nowadays climate issues have become political issues, and severe political fights are triggered by climate issues. What is the main reason for transferring climate change discussion from scientific to political level? The answer is quite clear: if you control the country’s carbon dioxide emission, you control its industrial growth and consumption. It is all connected: the faster a country develops, the higher is population income and the higher is carbon dioxide emission. Thus you can control the economy of a region or a country through climate protection.
29.04.2010 Sergei Mironov has made a speech at the international conference ‘Climate as politics’
Death sentence
I am negative about calling off a moratorium on the death penalty. Terrorists should receive life behind bars and rot in prison and die bad deaths.
31.03.2010 Russian upper house speaker against death penalty for terrorists
I'm totally against death sentence as is, though I'm aware of the fact that such opinion would hardly bring my popularity in Russia up. The main reason why I think so is not only, and not even the usual philosophic statement that 'the man cannot take what he had not given'. I believe death sentence should be replaced by life in prison because of too many judicial errors we have. And in case an innocent person is sentenced to death it is too late to do anything when the truth comes out.
from the interview to "Zakon" magazine, - 10.2009, #10
Nazism and WWII history
During his official visit to Germany mostly dedicated to the upcoming 65th anniversary of WWII victory Sergei Mironov said: “We highly appreciate the efforts of German authorities and society in preserving and protecting soviet war monuments and memorials”.
06.05.2010, Official visit to Germany
Over 600 thousand of Armenians fought for our victory. 90 thousand were honored as USSR heroes. Our fraternal nations saved the mankind from fascism. I wish you happy, healthy and long years of life. And let centuries-old Russian-Armenian friendship be strengthened by new generations.
04.05.2010 Sergei Mironov: we are proud to see Armenians among Great Patriotic War veterans
As Sergei Mironov has said, Russians remember now and will always remember their history for the sake of their future but not for getting back at somebody. "Our people have liberated themselves from the plague of nazism and after that renounced inhuman stalinism. It is enough to have no need in somebodies precepts on how we should consider our history"
24.08.09 Sergei Mironov: "Russian people have passed their own sentence on nazism and stalinism"
Relations of Russia and the USA
I am sure that Russia and the USA are doomed to agreements, collaboration and partnership. There is no other way.
05.07.09 Sergei Mironov: "Visit of Barack Obama to Moscow"
World economic crisis
We realize that effective security of our national interests is possible only in view of the same of other countries. Otherwise it turns into pandering to national egoism.
19.12.08 Sergei Mironov: "National interests should not be substituted by national egoism"
As our country actively deals in world economic relations, the crisis was to affect us unavoidably. <...> Our financial system and economy in general possess the huge amount of durability worked out during the years of continuous economic growth. The time to use these resources has come – and it has been done.
14.10.08 Sergei Mironov: "Beginnings and reasons of the crisis are outside the Russian economy"
There will be no default. I am certain that the 1998 situation will not repeat here. <...> The Russian economy has great potential, and default is impossible. <...> We must not only take anti-crisis measures but also use this opportunity and upgrade the structure of the Russian economy.
13.10.08 Sergei Mironov: "The Russian economy has great potential, and default is impossible"
(RosBusinessConsulting, 13.10.2008)
Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Time has proved the propriety of decision taken by Russian administration. Only by these means it was possible to avoid the most horrible variant of what might happen. Later in the summer our country had no other way to secure people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia but to admit their independence.
07.08.09 Sergei Mironov has spoken on the events of August, 2008 in South Ossetia
Russia is interested in its southern frontier safety. Our country has made everything to pacify the region and recognized independence of two republics, thus turning out to be guarantee of their security and people's life safety. It was a hard but the only possible step, that has allowed to stabilize the situation and there is no reason to revise this difficult decision.
30.01.09 Sergei Mironov has spoken on the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
We never needed something that belongs to somebody else, but we know how to protect our national interests. <...> In the few last years Russia has demonstrated it very well.