Politician

My burden is my past as a TV star. But, you know, pasts cannot be a life sentence.

My burden is my past as a TV star. But, you know, pasts cannot be a life sentence.

I'm very drawn to the story of Carla Bruni. Why is everyone talking about her? Specifically because everyone sees the first lady, but they know she was somewhere, topless, and had some Hollywood lover. There is some contrast in this person. I have these contrasts.

Stalin is a shameful stain on our country's history.

I wish I were a man. It would make my life easier in this sexist society.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

You can't just chant 'Putin, go away!' because it doesn't make any sense at this point. We need to chant: 'Putin, give back our votes!'

It was very important to me that I be my own person. That's why I chose show business.

In the end, believe me, there will be no friendship between Trump and Putin.

I don't have to justify myself. I work a lot and I earn a lot.

I am always getting messages that I am paid by America, that I work for America, that I am connected with CIA... blah blah blah. I am not working for America, I am working for my country's good, but America is not an enemy for me.

My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.

I feel like I'm in a horror film. Everywhere I turn, there's a journalist.

Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians.

No way Putin will let anyone take away his power. Even if all the people of Russia voted for me.

Putin has all the power under his control, all the security forces, all the billions of dollars he needs. It's mad to pretend otherwise.

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

I want to show a new vector of policy that will be there when I will become a president. And my vector is friendship with America and friendship with European Union.

Even if we imagine I'm a Kremlin project, then I'm a good Kremlin project because I'm saying out things that have not been said before.

Revolutions in Russia are even worse than bad czars.