It is wrong to associate Russian people with the government's policies."
Look out the window, it is the last time you see your motherland. But I told him, 'I am sure that I will return to Russia — a free Russia."
The fact that Alexei Navalny is not with us is a crime committed by Putin, who bears direct responsibility for his murder,
There are many people in Russia who are against the war, who don't believe Kremlin propaganda,
It's hard for me not to think that, maybe if these processes had somehow moved quicker ... if there had been less resistance that the Scholz government had to overcome in terms of freeing Krasikov, then maybe Alexei would have been here and free,
I don't know how to do Russian politics outside of Russia, but I will try to learn,
The minute you pay for a hostage, you give an incentive to people to take more hostages."
Today, a reporter of Deutsche Welle approached them to ask for an interview. And then they asked us if we could help out with some facilities, with some rooms, so that they could meet with the German and international media to tell their story,
Easy decisions are taken by dictators" but the "difference between dictatorship and democracy is that human life is the ultimate value of democracy, ... This is not the case in a dictatorship."
The tradition of authoritarian power, the tradition of aggressive war, and the tradition revived again to not respect others' rights,
I didn't sign a condition for a pardon, but I was still pardoned. We never gave our consent [to be expelled from Russia], yet here we are,
Life was given to me again and it's very important,
I said, I am not going to be asked to be freed, to admit any guilt, I will not go to a person I consider a tyrant, a murderer, an enemy of his own country for a favor,
God, it is such happiness! I cried so much when I found out. And later, too. And I'm about to cry again now, as well,
I am also sad that over a thousand people are still in prison,
I don't want to be on a list" and "will not leave Russia,
No word is strong enough for this…. I was sure I was going to die in prison,
I wouldn't have made the deal for a hundred people in exchange for someone that has killed untold numbers of people with his arms deals."
Our 'negotiators' are always an embarrassment to us! I got back many hostages, and gave the opposing Country NOTHING – and never any cash. To do so is bad precedent for the future. That's the way it should be, or this situation will get worse and worse. They are extorting the United States of America. They're calling the trade 'complex' – That's so nobody can figure out how bad it is!"
Trump said he could've gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange. What do you say to that?"