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Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.

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.

For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy.

I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves.