When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

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.

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia.

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

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

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

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.

Those who love, truly love, can be coerced into nothing.

But we don't have to react. That's what I'm saying. A police force, like a government, should be above that. Just because we're provoked doesn't mean we have to act. -- Still Life

You know so much about me and yet you don't understand me. To know is not to understand. We could know everything and still not understand anything.

My mind contains many good ideas, but it's not always easy to squeeze one out.

I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind.

Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You'll get there, I promise.