“We never make editorial decisions with people who are working closely ...” — Margarita Simonyan Quote

“We never make editorial decisions with people who are working closely with Vladimir Putin, unless you consider myself a person who is working closely with Vladimir Putin.”

“I'm a journalist. I've been a journalist ever since I was 18.”

“We would like to be the third-most-watched news channel in the U.K.”

“Many issues are closely related to politics and I think Hong Kongers should pay more attention to politics.”

“I think that laughter and death are closely related: comedy is the quintessential human reaction to the fear of death. It's probably linked with the fact that we are the only animals who know we must die.”

“I have always followed Scottish football quite closely.”