"Here I am, enjoying some tea, and then I hear such news: they say the residence is closed, New Year is canceled, and I'm not even here. My dear ones, come to Veliky Ustyug, and with all your heart and soul, you will touch the fairy tale. <...> I am waiting for you!"

"Our neighbors are quickly following the Ukrainian path into a dark abyss. This usually ends very badly," the politician warned.

"For such things, people used to be hanged on lampposts. Now it’s a more humane time. They’ll get away with it," wrote the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.

"But this does not mean that Trump's team has distanced itself from the Ukrainian issue. That is not the case. Trump has not abandoned this topic. Confirmation of this is the recent announcement of the special envoy for Ukraine, former National Security Advisor Keith Kellogg," said the speaker of the Federation Council.