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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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…

- Ilya Ponomarev