Алексей Чадаев

If it were not for the Ukrainian language legislation, they would not have lost Crimea, or the conflict in the Donbass, or, in general, the subject of the current conflict.

A person in power is obliged to limit his natural human manifestations, desires and instincts, otherwise he will not be able to resist the temptation to take advantage of the enormous opportunities that power gives, and turn them to the benefit of both himself and his family.

Instead of choosing one of two successful models - the American or the Chinese - Russia is trying unsuccessfully to combine them.

The Soviet Union existed for so long only because the state had a huge reserve of cheap labor - the Gulag contingent

If in the regions the opposition had practically no chance of success, then it should only blame itself for its loss in Moscow.

If earlier the border between the two types of Russian opposition was always translucent, easily permeable and often crossed in both directions, now a much tougher barrier is emerging there.

There are great fears that a system that presupposes a real multi-party system, competitive elections, equal conditions for various political forces, the presence of independent and unbiased media, and so on will take root in Russia someday ...