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
When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.
The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.
Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.
I'm only sort of a politician.
I am not ready to back away from my views.
I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.
I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.
Anyone who commits a xenophobic crime has to be brought to justice.
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.
Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
People don't believe in positive changes anymore.
Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia.
People hate politicians. And I can understand why.
We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.