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.

President Putin will run again in the 2018 election. He wants to be the czar of this new Russian empire that he is rebuilding. I think he is really obsessed with the idea.

Life makes no sense if you have to tolerate endless lies. I will never accept this system, which is built on lies, i will not stop my fight against this junta.

I am not ready to back away from my views.

People don't believe in positive changes anymore.

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