Foreign countries should impose sanctions against Putin's corrupt network.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians will wear T-shirts with Pussy Riot written on them.

Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor.

I am not ready to back away from my views.

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.