“Tomsk stays to be a center of attraction of the young and energetic people from all the Siberia. This is, undoubtedly, a competitive advantage of our region and, at the same time, a great antirecessionary factor.”

“Yes, the journalist must be always in the constructive opposition to the acting authority, but I need to underline that it should be a constructive one. Fortunately, Tomsk mass media can be so. At least, I can say thay I did not have shame because of Tomsk journalists. I hope it will not happen to me.”

“I determined the objective to make a program for developing the regional agriculture for the next 5 years. I need to mention that the quantity of the produced meat is bigger than at the soviet times.”

“Russia enters a new stage of political development: strong president - strong government - strong regions. If this configuration works in full force the country will develop and go ahead with accelerated rates”