Complex sentence: On October 16, the Russian newspaper "Versiya" published an interview with Okruashvili where the minister stated that Russia "would lose if the quarrel between the two countries escalates into a shooting war".
Split into simpler sentences: On October 16, the "Versiya" published an interview with Okruashvili. Okruashvili said Russia "would lose if the quarrel between the two countries escalates into a shooting war".