--- title: "14 Putin Quotes By Alexei Navalny" description: "14 Putin quotes by Alexei Navalny. Plus more from Alexei Navalny and more Putin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/alexei-navalny-12133_film_maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but_472869.png" --- > [Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but-how-is-he-supposed-to-do-that/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/alexei-navalny-12133_film_maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but_472869.png) > [I don't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. Sometimes I even feel sorry for the prime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/i-don-t-know-why-but-putin-has-made-a-ritual-out-of-humiliating/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/alexei-navalny-12133_feels_i-don-t-know-why-but-putin-has-made-a-ri_1420308.png) > [Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/putin-has-reversed-all-the-liberalizing-reforms-carried-out-by-his/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/alexei-navalny-12133_predecessors_putin-has-reversed-all-the-liberalizing_3053099.png) > [Foreign countries should impose sanctions against Putin's corrupt network.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/foreign-countries-should-impose-sanctions-against-putin-s-corrupt/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/alexei-navalny-12133_country_foreign-countries-should-impose-sanction_2379225.png) > [I am different from Putin, that Russia should not isolate itself. Everything that happens in our country is justified through Syria or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/i-am-different-from-putin-that-russia-should-not-isolate-itself/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/alexei-navalny-12133_country_i-am-different-from-putin-that-russia-sh_562936.png) > [People often say that I represent people who earn a lot of money. Of course, a person who is well-educated and affluent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/people-often-say-that-i-represent-people-who-earn-a-lot-of-money-of/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/alexei-navalny-12133_mean_people-often-say-that-i-represent-people_3147446.png) > [Putin needs to terrorize his own elite. He is more afraid of those in his own surroundings than any protests; there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/putin-needs-to-terrorize-his-own-elite-he-is-more-afraid-of-those-in/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/alexei-navalny-12133_people_putin-needs-to-terrorize-his-own-elite-h_1047357.png) > [President Putin will run again in the 2018 election. He wants to be the czar of this new Russian empire that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-2018-election-he-wants-to-be/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/alexei-navalny-12133_election_president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-20_665757.jpg) > [In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-running-the-country-you-can-t/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/alexei-navalny-12133_approach_in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-run_2882883.png) > [Russia should join the international coalition against Islamic State. It is absurd that we are intervening on the side of the Shiites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/russia-should-join-the-international-coalition-against-islamic-state/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/alexei-navalny-12133_absurd_russia-should-join-the-international-coa_466504.png) > [After Trump's election victory, I explained why there would be no friendship between Putin and Trump. The contradictions between the systems are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/after-trump-s-election-victory-i-explained-why-there-would-be-no/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/alexei-navalny-12133_contradiction_after-trump-s-election-victory-i-explain_226358.jpg) > [For 17 years, elections in Russia have followed the same pattern: Nobody criticizes Putin, nobody runs a real election campaign, the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-followed-the-same-pattern/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/alexei-navalny-12133_block_for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-fo_1103771.png) > [Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/putin-and-his-advisers-don-t-understand-the-power-of-public-opinion/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/alexei-navalny-12133_adviser_putin-and-his-advisers-don-t-understand_1373596.png) > [“I finish writing the emails and send them. I check that Yulia has access to the banking apps-a fairly pointless exercise because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/i-finish-writing-the-emails-and-send-them-i-check-that-yulia-has/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/alexei-navalny-12133_chief-of-staff_i-finish-writing-the-emails-and-send-the_2907020.png) ## Other authors on Putin ## More by Alexei Navalny > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/when-men-are-arrested-without-any-legal-basis-and-for-political/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/i-m-not-going-to-appeal-to-violence-or-aggression-of-course-not/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/the-questioning-is-a-stupid-formality-aimed-exclusively-at-preventing/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/everyone-says-corruption-is-everywhere-but-for-me-it-seems-strange-to/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [After Trump's election victory, I explained why there would be no friendship between Putin and Trump. The contradictions between the systems are too great.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/after-trump-s-election-victory-i-explained-why-there-would-be-no/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [People hate politicians. And I can understand why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/people-hate-politicians-and-i-can-understand-why/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [Russia should join the international coalition against Islamic State. It is absurd that we are intervening on the side of the Shiites in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/russia-should-join-the-international-coalition-against-islamic-state/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but-how-is-he-supposed-to-do-that/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/people-aren-t-really-afraid-of-my-views-they-are-just-afraid-of-the/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [Since Russia has the largest number of illegal immigrants, second only to the US, and immigrants from Central Asia bring in drugs, I'm calling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/since-russia-has-the-largest-number-of-illegal-immigrants-second-only/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [I am different from Putin, that Russia should not isolate itself. Everything that happens in our country is justified through Syria or Ukraine. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/i-am-different-from-putin-that-russia-should-not-isolate-itself/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/we-ve-grown-accustomed-to-injustice-in-russia-people-are-constantly/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [President Putin will run again in the 2018 election. He wants to be the czar of this new Russian empire that he is rebuilding.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-2018-election-he-wants-to-be/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/nobody-wants-a-political-prisoner-but-a-political-emigrant-is-no/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) > [We now live in a country with a thousand political prisoners, a country where each week there are new trials, where people are put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/we-now-live-in-a-country-with-a-thousand-political-prisoners-a/) [Alexei Navalny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-navalny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/putin/alexei-navalny/#itemlist", "name": "14 Putin Quotes By Alexei Navalny", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Navalny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but-how-is-he-supposed-to-do-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/alexei-navalny-12133_film_maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but_472869.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/alexei-navalny-12133_film_maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but_472869.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/alexei-navalny-12133_film_maybe-putin-wanted-to-fire-medvedev-but_472869.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?” — Alexei Navalny", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. 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I think he is really obsessed with the idea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Navalny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-2018-election-he-wants-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/alexei-navalny-12133_election_president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-20_665757.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/alexei-navalny-12133_election_president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-20_665757.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/alexei-navalny-12133_election_president-putin-will-run-again-in-the-20_665757.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“President Putin will run again in the 2018 election. 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Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Navalny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-running-the-country-you-can-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/alexei-navalny-12133_approach_in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-run_2882883.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/alexei-navalny-12133_approach_in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-run_2882883.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/alexei-navalny-12133_approach_in-russia-an-authoritarian-leader-is-run_2882883.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. 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Putin is creating big problems for us in his attempt to help Bashar Assad.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Navalny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/russia-should-join-the-international-coalition-against-islamic-state/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/alexei-navalny-12133_absurd_russia-should-join-the-international-coa_466504.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/alexei-navalny-12133_absurd_russia-should-join-the-international-coa_466504.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/alexei-navalny-12133_absurd_russia-should-join-the-international-coa_466504.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Russia should join the international coalition against Islamic State. 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He doesn't want a candidate who will travel through the country and speak loudly about Russia's problems.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Navalny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-navalny/for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-followed-the-same-pattern/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/alexei-navalny-12133_block_for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-fo_1103771.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/alexei-navalny-12133_block_for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-fo_1103771.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/alexei-navalny-12133_block_for-17-years-elections-in-russia-have-fo_1103771.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For 17 years, elections in Russia have followed the same pattern: Nobody criticizes Putin, nobody runs a…” — Alexei Navalny", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. 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We briefly discuss the plan of action for each possible scenario: we get home without hindrance; I am arrested at the airport and jailed; I am detained, then released, and the Kremlin waits for the indignation to subside and then has me arrested; nothing happens, but I am arrested in a couple of weeks on a different charge, and so on. These scenarios are approaches the Kremlin has already used on us. In the twenty-first century you are confronted not just by the machinery of a repressive state but by the PR machinery of that state. Public opinion is what matters to all the players. The same action performed in subtly different ways can either leave people unmoved or enrage them and bring them out onto the streets to demonstrate. 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