We have a Russian proverb, "Those who are doomed to be sunk will never be hanged." I think that you shouldn't run away from what is in front of you. ….

I have a group of very loyal people. We are in the minority very much, basically 10 to 15% of the population that supports what we do. It's temporary….

From the point of view of legislation of the Constitution, my mandate has been given by my constituency. So it's only my constituency that can revoke….

I think that there are excesses that exist in all societies. I won't say it's normal to have them, but it's natural to have them. I'm watching very c….

My political tradition is on the left, but I think that more modern leftists, they sometimes get stuck with this vision of large government and socia….

I think that it's inevitable if society will be run by old-timers who are still in the paradigm of the past, so I think the real way to resolve this ….

We need to convince him that if he makes the decision to go, that we are ready to trade his personal security for peaceful resignation. That's very i….

Putin is not a strategist at all. He has brilliant tactics, but he is a very bad strategist overall. And I think he is acting very opportunistically ….

Putin is very much afraid of leaving. Because he is formally right now in his first term, so has another eight years from now. Legally, he has create….

I think that we are right now - the society - is living in the Facebook era and the political system is still in the 19th century prior to the Indust….

In the world of today, I think that entrepreneurs are the new emerging ruling class - I identify it as the startup class. That's the new proletariat ….

Some politicians are scared of Putin and some are extremely apologetic, actually. And I feel very sorry for this because some people who are like my ….

Conservatives - they say, 'Oh, Putin is a real leader, he's a true man, he stays firm on his position, he's not like this weak Obama.' And also they ….

Right now, I see a lot of alarming trends inside Russia, especially in Siberia, which I represent in the parliament. People start to ask questions: I….

Putin is just maneuvering. He wants to be respected. He wants to be an important player in global politics. He wants people to negotiate with him and….

Russia can fall apart. It's not because of the oil prices ... It's because what sticks a country together is a common interest of people. It has to b….

With Tatars, the situation is a little bit more complex. They are geographically very isolated so they need the rest of Russia. When they pump oil, t….

Generally, Putin thinks of himself as Christian. I don't think he is, but he pretends to think that he is. In terms of his ideology he's more like Bu….