We don't think it's possible to talk about any kind of statistics of support or non-support for the president when people lack information, Putin's ratings are directly dependent on the content of the television programs. If you look at the level of propaganda ... it has increased a lot since the start of the Ukrainian revolution.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

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We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

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crush strong people

Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement.

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noble essentials people

I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.

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males support personality

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

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russia political real

The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.

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inexplicable please

I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the eight-hour workday required by law. The other women were often forced to slave away for up to 16 hours a day.

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eight law attention

Listen to us rather than to Arkady Mamontov talking about us. Don't twist and distort everything we say. Let us enter into dialogue and contact with the country, which is ours too, not just Putin's and the Patriarch's. Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will crush concrete. Solzhenitsyn wrote, "the word is more sincere than concrete, so words are not trifles. Once noble people mobilize, their words will crush concrete."

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crush believe country

There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.

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russia running way

I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.

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christian believe jesus

If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role.

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classic roles sex

When I am weak, then I am strong.

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i-am-strong strong weak

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

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philosopher role-models roles

Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.

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sacrifice russia children

I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.

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inner-peace serenity speak

Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.

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terrified prisoner shadow

Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics.

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use attention men

The Olympics create a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia.

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russia space rights

The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course.

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words performance support political

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions.

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remain watch will silent

In May 2013, my lawyer Dmitry Dinze filed a complaint about the conditions at PC-14 with the prosecutor's office. The deputy head of the colony, Lieutenant Colonel Kupriyanov, instantly made conditions at the camp unbearable.

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head about lawyer office