The best Quotes by Alexei Navalny

Forgive me if this sounds pompous, but it's better to die standing up than live on your knees.

Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the most effective approach. Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level.

Stupidity is not a crime.

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

I really hate the people in power. I hate them with every fiber of my being. That is what drives me in almost everything I do.

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.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

I cannot, do not want and will not remain silent watching how pseudo-historical nonsense about the events of 100 years ago has become an excuse for Russians to kill Ukrainians, and for Ukrainians to kill Russians while defending themselves. It's the third decade of the 21st century, and we are watching news about people burning down in tanks and bombed houses. We are watching real threats to start a nuclear war on our TVs.

The western Countries lie recklessly, like Goebbels: the more incredible the lie, the faster they will believe in it.

I find it necessary to support the proposal of the Defence Ministry on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation to defend our Motherland, and to ensure the safety of our people.

The special military operation is being conducted strictly in accordance to the plan and schedule. All objectives that were set are being resolved successfully.

The purpose of this operation is to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine.

No matter who tries to stand in our way or all the more so create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately.

I made a decision to carry out a special military operation.

We're ready to show Ukraine what real de-communisation means for it.

Modern Ukraine was wholly and fully created by Russia. Namely Bolshevik, Communist Russia.

I'm under the impression that the United States aren't actually concerned with Ukraine's safety, but with stopping Russia's progression.

Russia does not want other political groupings present near their homeland. That's not a hard thing to understand.

I look forward to establishing a constructive dialogue with you and working together on topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda.

We don't want to burn bridges, but if somebody interprets our good intentions as weakness, our reaction will be asymmetrical, rapid and harsh. We'll decide for ourselves in each case where the red line is.

I want to address all Russian citizens once again, get vaccinated! That's the only we to get rid of that lethal epidemic. The other way - getting sick with unknown consequences - is not advisable.

I want to say thank you to each of you because we are together. And when we feel the reliable support of those standing beside us, Russia becomes one big family.

Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

We have to do what we can to stop climate change.

As for Wikipedia... it’s better to replace it with the new Big Russian Encyclopaedia in electronic form. At least that will be reliable information, presented in a good, modern way.

The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich.

If Putin goes ahead with his plan for a change of regime in Kyiv, then democracies around the world must now start thinking about a change of regime in Moscow.

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear

The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.

Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.

This country, Russia, has changed. Russia has become a real football country... where football has become part of the country's DNA and the culture.

Russia... the prequel and sequel to the Sowjet Union.

Russia... the country that gave the world Tetris, merkins you wear on your heads, and potentially the 45th President of the United States.

Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.

So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth.

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

You know, you're gonna have to get much better at lying if you want to be president.

Stop the war! Admit that this is a war against an entire nation and stop it!

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.