Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Anatolievich Navalnyis a Russian lawyer, political and financial activist, and politician. Since 2009, he has gained prominence in Russia, and in the Russian and international media, as a critic of corruption and of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has organized large-scale demonstrations promoting democracy and attacking political corruption, Putin, and Putin's political allies; he has run for a political office on the same platform. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most"...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionActivist
CountryRussian Federation
People don't believe in positive changes anymore.
I'm only sort of a politician.
Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.
I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.
I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.
Consistency for me is everything.
Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia.
I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed.
I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here?
Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.
I'm concerned with protecting the legal system.
I am not ready to back away from my views.
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.
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.