Problems in our country haven't been caused by Donald Trump, America and its ambitions or CIA spies. Our problems are rooted in a bad government system, the lack of free elections, independent courts and freedom of speech.
With men it's always like this in Russia - they always want to be the head of everything.
Any window of opportunity is important. If your hands are tied, you should swim with your legs. If your legs are tied, you should try to hold on to the edge of the boat with your teeth. We have to use every option.
With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?
You can't just chant 'Putin, go away!' because it doesn't make any sense at this point. We need to chant: 'Putin, give back our votes!'
No way Putin will let anyone take away his power. Even if all the people of Russia voted for me.
I see that I can do good, I can help free political prisoners, I can raise questions that are silenced on the national level, I can talk about Navalny and others on national television channels, and show that we have 20-30 million supporters around the country.
All Russian people know who I am. So I use this to the good because, you know, it's really hard to shut my mouth off because... I'm too bright, and I'm too many years visible to everyone.
The machine of repression can only be started, it can't be stopped - even by Putin.
My goal is to make it so that the situation which we see at every election - the same candidates, the same faces... to turn the situation around and completely change it.
My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.
I want to show a new vector of policy that will be there when I will become a president. And my vector is friendship with America and friendship with European Union.
The only thing which is important to do is to tell about the values I share. It's to say how important liberalization of Russia is.
I feel like I'm in a horror film. Everywhere I turn, there's a journalist.
You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can't choose: your parents, your gender and your president.
I didn't go into politics because I'm a woman. I have done this because I have been interested in politics my whole life.
It's Russia. It's a patriarchal society. That's a fact you have to get used to. We have sexism. And it's widespread.
There's a view in Russian society that there are 'male professions' and 'female professions.' The women should be looking after the home and children. It makes me sad. But the only thing you can do is fight it.
That's the tragedy of our country. Everyone is an inexperienced politician.
Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians.
