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 social benefits and everything and that's against what is my position, because I think that the ultimate vision of Marx, Engels, and those people was to eliminate government entities and to give as much power to the people. And in modern standing that means direct democracy, that means all the power to the communities, it means gradually eliminating all government oppression on the society. And 100 years ago, leftists' major allies were labor unions.
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 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…
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…
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
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…
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