Western technologies and equipment for the fuel and energy sector could become unavailable at any moment for geopolitical reasons — unavailable not only for Russia, but for any other energy supplier that someone in the West considers inconvenient competition, or simply an uncooperative country. And everyone should keep it in mind, such is the reality of today. But I am sure that everyone understands it quite well.

That means that we have to actively shift the status of energy suppliers from requiring to purchase equipment to possessing technological leadership by shaping fully-fledged energy sovereignty at the national level, starting from the production and processing of resources and all the way to the transportation of produced goods.

Late yesterday, immediately following his phone call with President of the United States Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin assembled permanent members of the Security Council at the Kremlin to inform them in detail about the exchange of views he had had with his American counterpart.

Today, in a strengthening multipolar world, intolerance towards any sovereign, independent thought is not just a vestige — it is a great obstacle hindering the development of trust and understanding between peoples, that we all need. This is an obstacle, but just like any other obstacles, we will manage to overcome it.

To succeed in this fight [for the hearts and minds of people], you need to continue using your secret strategic highly precise intercontinental weapon: the truth.