I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician.

I don't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. Sometimes I even feel sorry for the prime minister.

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

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

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

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

I'm only sort of a politician.