All Russian people know who I am. So I use this to the good because, you know, it's really hard to shut my mouth off because... I'm too bright, and I'm too many years visible to everyone.

You can't just chant 'Putin, go away!' because it doesn't make any sense at this point. We need to chant: 'Putin, give back our votes!'

I see that I can do good, I can help free political prisoners, I can raise questions that are silenced on the national level, I can talk about Navalny and others on national television channels, and show that we have 20-30 million supporters around the country.

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

I want to show a new vector of policy that will be there when I will become a president. And my vector is friendship with America and friendship with European Union.

My goal is to make it so that the situation which we see at every election - the same candidates, the same faces... to turn the situation around and completely change it.

I feel like I'm in a horror film. Everywhere I turn, there's a journalist.

I'm not for seizing power, I'm for justice in the country and for democratic elections.

In a system created by Putin, it is only possible for Putin to win. I am realistic about who will become the president.

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become candidates.

I do not purport to be a professional politician.

Let's not make out as though I will be the winner. I won't be. Putin will run and he will win.

Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians.

The machine of repression can only be started, it can't be stopped - even by Putin.

In the end, believe me, there will be no friendship between Trump and Putin.

Any window of opportunity is important. If your hands are tied, you should swim with your legs. If your legs are tied, you should try to hold on to the edge of the boat with your teeth. We have to use every option.

According to international law, Crimea is Ukraine's. Period.

I'm a politician who's against corruption that Putin has done in our country.

With men it's always like this in Russia - they always want to be the head of everything.

My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.

My burden is my past as a TV star. But, you know, pasts cannot be a life sentence.

The only thing which is important to do is to tell about the values I share. It's to say how important liberalization of Russia is.

Problems in our country haven't been caused by Donald Trump, America and its ambitions or CIA spies. Our problems are rooted in a bad government system, the lack of free elections, independent courts and freedom of speech.

Donald Trump, having spent decades in the public eye as an entertainer, may not understand what the nuclear triad is, or what America's 'first use' nuclear policy is, or why starting a trade war would be a disaster. But he does understand storytelling, the power of a clear narrative, and the importance of stirring emotion.