I do not purport to be a professional politician.

There's a view in Russian society that there are 'male professions' and 'female professions.' The women should be looking after the home and children. It makes me sad. But the only thing you can do is fight it.

You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can't choose: your parents, your gender and your president.

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

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.

In college, I studied political science, policy, and law. My plan was to move to New York, pay off student debt in a year or two, and then run for office.