Quotes by Alexei Navalny

About Alexei Navalny:

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny is a Russian lawyer, political and financial activist, and politician. Since 2009, he has gained prominence in Russia, and in the Russian and international media, as a critic of corruption and of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has organized large-scale demonstrations promoting democracy and attacking political corruption, Putin, and Putin's political allies; he has run for a political office on the same platform. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most".
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When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

Alexei Navalny

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 th...

Alexei Navalny

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

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When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

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.

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Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.

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The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the presidency. We must vote against him, struggle against him.

Alexei Navalny

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.

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The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

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Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.

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I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

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We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

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I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

Alexei Navalny

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

Alexei Navalny

We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.

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People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

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I'm only sort of a politician.

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People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'

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I am not ready to back away from my views.

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Consistency for me is everything.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlexei Navalny
  • DescriptionRussian anti-corruption activist
  • BornJune 4, 1976
  • CountrySoviet Union
  • ProfessionJurist; Lawyer; Public Figure; Activist Shareholder; Blogger; Writer; Human Rights Activist
  • AwardsThe BOBs; Yale World Fellows Program