A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.
How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
Russia is not a friendly character on the world stage.
Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.
I don't have any opinions about Russians. There are celebrity persons in each country. Different people do different things.
Ambition, of course, is the politician's currency.
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
A businessman can be as military as any politician.
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?