We must try to influence the government, not fight to take power.

I'm very drawn to the story of Carla Bruni. Why is everyone talking about her? Specifically because everyone sees the first lady, but they know she was somewhere, topless, and had some Hollywood lover. There is some contrast in this person. I have these contrasts.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

I think in political life you can only know your position and stay in place, even though people always try to push you to one side.

Of course I want to be president, I want to win, but I also want to be sincere.

Revolutions in Russia are even worse than bad czars.

Yes, I love good clothes, good shoes, but I earned it.

To present me as the main face of the opposition movement is completely incorrect. I'm not a person who is 'against Putin.' I'm just a person who is standing up for a fair society, for free elections.

I wanted to become a star, of course. That was very important to me. I wanted to achieve something.

Why was I going around in rhinestones before, and am now wearing a plaid shirt and glasses? It's not a question of fashion. It's a question of time and yourself. The country changed, I grew up, life changed. It's normal.

Vladimir Putin is a person from a different generation.

I have my mother. I love her very much, but on many issues, we will never find a common language, because she simply doesn't understand many things.

People can't go into the street endlessly. My friends get asked why aren't they going to the next protest? They answer, 'Because we're tired of being thousands. I'm ready to become the 100,000th person at a rally, but I don't want to be the 10,000th. Because it's pointless.'

The mission is to demonstrate that Russia is not Putin, that we're ready for cooperation, and that there are a lot of people in Russia who want the U.S.-Russia relations to be improved and that we don't view the United States as our enemy.

Well, Trump is certainly not my hero. I'm sorry to say that, but that's true.

My goal is to bring the issues that were never brought up on federal TV, such as LGBT rights, which are a shock for many people because they really think that those people should go to prison, they shouldn't have any rights. And moreover, there is lots of people who share the idea that they should be punished for being LGBT, just for the fact.

I have no political weight, and I haven't earned the right to launch some kind of political programme or stand as a candidate.

Well, first of all, I think that Russia has to have free democratic elections, that means everyone who wants to take part in it should be admitted.

Well, like in Orwell books, whom I cherish very much as an author, in classical totalitarian regimes, you always have to make people hate someone. And this hatred is all around the Russian politics.

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so much.

Ksenia Sobchak as president is like Sergei Shnurov as an artist. It's satire. It's a very high-level art project.

I think I can really make people go and vote against the system - voting for Ksenia Sobchak.

Because I really believe that Russia needs a fresh face, a new generation, to be seen on the political stage.

I don't need anyone's approval for going to elections.