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 closely ... what Snowden has done. I don't know him personally. I wanted to talk to him, but all of the security people didn't allow me to. But I think that he took the wrong approach to a very right thing which he was doing. Just the implementation was wrong. There was a clear platform to what he was doing, although of course that there were some mistakes made.
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. … - Ilya Ponomarev
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. …
- Ilya Ponomarev
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… - Ilya Ponomarev
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…
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… - Ilya Ponomarev
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…
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… - Ilya Ponomarev
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…
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 … - Ilya Ponomarev
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 …
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 … - Ilya Ponomarev
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 …
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… - Ilya Ponomarev
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…
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 … - Ilya Ponomarev
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 …
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… - Ilya Ponomarev
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…
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