I'm concerned with protecting the legal system. Alexei Navalny More Quotes by Alexei Navalny More Quotes From Alexei Navalny Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia. Alexei Navalny russia men ideas I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician. Alexei Navalny leader goal order I'm on the very blackest part of the black list. Alexei Navalny lists black I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here? Alexei Navalny russia reading book People hate politicians. And I can understand why. Alexei Navalny politician hate people People don't believe in positive changes anymore. Alexei Navalny positive-change believe people I'm only sort of a politician. Alexei Navalny politician Unfortunately, people expect a Russian opposition politician to be a manic libertarian who thinks the oligarchs are great, who isn't interested in the problems of retirees and who believes the invisible hand of the market will resolve everything. Alexei Navalny believe people thinking Russia spends enormous, senseless amounts of money on the army and the police. We have one of the top rankings in the world when it comes to the number of police officers - but when it comes to the number of murders, we are also right at the top. Alexei Navalny police army world We now live in a country with a thousand political prisoners, a country where each week there are new trials, where people are put in jail because they liked something on the Internet. Alexei Navalny political country people Russia should join the international coalition against Islamic State. It is absurd that we are intervening on the side of the Shiites in a war between Sunnis and Shiites even though almost all Russian Muslims are Sunnis. Putin is creating big problems for us in his attempt to help Bashar Assad. Alexei Navalny islamic helping war After Trump's election victory, I explained why there would be no friendship between Putin and Trump. The contradictions between the systems are too great. And Putin needs an enemy. He wants to be the leader of the anti-American, anti-European world. And given that he cannot be friends with their heads of state and government, he instead needs to generate scandals and resistance. Alexei Navalny victory leader enemy We should fulfill the Minsk Protocol. The main reason for the sanctions is that Russia broke a taboo: It triggered a war in Europe. Crimea is a problem, but the most painful part of the sanctions is tied to the war in the Donbas. As soon as Russia takes real steps to prevent shots from being fired there, this part of the sanctions will be lifted. Alexei Navalny problem real war I am different from Putin, that Russia should not isolate itself. Everything that happens in our country is justified through Syria or Ukraine. But when one's own citizens only make 300 euros, one can't have much clout in foreign policy. Alexei Navalny justified different country Putin needs to terrorize his own elite. He is more afraid of those in his own surroundings than any protests; there are people there who are at least as critical as I am because they see up close that the system doesn't work. He wants to silence them. Alexei Navalny protest silence people People often say that I represent people who earn a lot of money. Of course, a person who is well-educated and affluent is more likely to support me than Vladimir Putin. But that doesn't automatically mean that the others are against me. Alexei Navalny support mean people Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor. Alexei Navalny predecessors putin reform Foreign countries should impose sanctions against Putin's corrupt network. Alexei Navalny putin sanctions country Since Russia has the largest number of illegal immigrants, second only to the US, and immigrants from Central Asia bring in drugs, I'm calling for a visa requirement for all those wonderful people from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Alexei Navalny uzbekistan russia numbers Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia. Alexei Navalny xenophobia russia
