Russia can fall apart. It's not because of the oil prices ... It's because what sticks a country together is a common interest of people. It has to be economically and socially profitable - beneficial - for people to be… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
With Tatars, the situation is a little bit more complex. They are geographically very isolated so they need the rest of Russia. When they pump oil, they need pipelines to deliver it so they need those connections. We in Siberia… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Russia can fall apart. It's not because of the oil prices ... It's because what sticks a country together is a common interest of… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
From the point of view of legislation of the Constitution, my mandate has been given by my constituency. So it's only my constituency that… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Putin is very much afraid of leaving. Because he is formally right now in his first term, so has another eight years from now.… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Putin is not a strategist at all. He has brilliant tactics, but he is a very bad strategist overall. And I think he is… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
I think that we are right now - the society - is living in the Facebook era and the political system is still in… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Putin is just maneuvering. He wants to be respected. He wants to be an important player in global politics. He wants people to negotiate… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
With Tatars, the situation is a little bit more complex. They are geographically very isolated so they need the rest of Russia. When they… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Generally, Putin thinks of himself as Christian. I don't think he is, but he pretends to think that he is. In terms of his… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
Right now, I see a lot of alarming trends inside Russia, especially in Siberia, which I represent in the parliament. People start to ask… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
In the world of today, I think that entrepreneurs are the new emerging ruling class - I identify it as the startup class. That's… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
My political tradition is on the left, but I think that more modern leftists, they sometimes get stuck with this vision of large government… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
I think that it's inevitable if society will be run by old-timers who are still in the paradigm of the past, so I think… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
