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
Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.
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 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.
People don't believe in positive changes anymore.
People hate politicians. And I can understand why.
We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.
People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'
Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.
I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.
When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.
We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.
The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.
The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the presidency. We must vote against him, struggle against him.
Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor.