49 Quotes by Sergei Ivanov

A scrupulous investigation into the accident has been conducted within a month's time, as was promised. It was established that outrageous violation of the instructions by senior officials of the Russian Pacific Fleet was the main cause of wrong 'swimming and diving rounds'

They have been unified and are to be supplied both to the Strategic Missile Forces and the Navy.

This means that about 35,000 men of the non-combat personnel will be laid off within the next five years, including some staff members of military chairs and other dual-purpose structures. It is also planned to do away with three hundred high-rank command posts, after which the number of generals and admirals in the Armed Forces will not top 1,100 men, meaning their reduction to the optimal proportion of one per thousand servicemen,

The Northern Alliance still has a great number of Pakistani prisoners-of-war, ... the Pakistani administration decided to change its attitude towards helping the Taliban.

The agreement on the Black Sea fleet base is one part of a bilateral treaty, the second part of which contains recognition of mutual borders. Trying to revise the treaty would be fatal.

Nothing terrible happened, we all saw that and we all had sufficient time to react. Thank God we are not blind.

Around the end of January 2006 we shall send a group of ships from our Black Sea fleet to take part,

The cornerstone of strategic stability is the 1972 ABM Treaty, ... The treaty created the possibility for predictability in the nuclear sphere and progress on the way towards nuclear disarmament not only for the USSR and the United States, but also the whole world.

India has accepted our proposal to hold exercises next year, this time in Russia and in a broader format that involves several other countries, including NATO members the United States , Britain and France,