Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

For 17 years, elections in Russia have followed the same pattern: Nobody criticizes Putin, nobody runs a real election campaign, the whole process takes place quietly over a period of two months. The Kremlin blocks every alternative to Putin. He doesn't want a candidate who will travel through the country and speak loudly about Russia's problems.

Consistency for me is everything.

Anyone who commits a xenophobic crime has to be brought to justice.

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.