We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.

Russia spends enormous, senseless amounts of money on the army and the police. We have one of the top rankings in the world when it comes to the number of police officers - but when it comes to the number of murders, we are also right at the top.

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia.

No opposition politician has ever taken responsibility for his or her election failures.

I really hate the people in power. I hate them with every fiber of my being. That is what drives me in almost everything I do.

Putin needs to terrorize his own elite. He is more afraid of those in his own surroundings than any protests; there are people there who are at least as critical as I am because they see up close that the system doesn't work. He wants to silence them.