In March 2017, 60,000 Russians took to the streets in 80 cities protesting government corruption. Hundreds of people were arrested and imprisoned including my dad, Alexei. My name is Daria Navalnaya. I’m 17 years old, and I’m from Moscow. When I saw people my age going outside and not being afraid, it made me want to find out how young people like me in Russia really feel about politics, our government, and our futures. So I asked a polling company to find a selection of kids my age with a range of different views. Putin’s been in power longer than I and the people I’ve interviewed have been alive. It’s a small survey, but I wanted to share this with the world because it’s rare that people outside Russia get to hear from young people like us. Let’s go! This is Kirill. He told me that he was a big supporter of Putin and his politics. She was even a member of Putin’s youth group. I was just really excited to talk to a young person who supports Putin, but that’s when I discovered that Kirill’s feelings were much more complicated. Not a single person I’ve interviewed thought that things are going to change, at least not soon. One of the problems is our parents’ generation, who grew up during the last years of Soviet Union, For them even Putin’s Russia is better than what they have experienced before. And that really made me wonder if young people don’t really have hope for change in Russia, do they dream of leaving and making a life somewhere else? I guess every teenager dreams of traveling the world and experiencing new things. But I was also amazed to hear how conflicted some of my interviewees felt about their home. And, unlike our parents, who lived through the Soviet Union, we’re more outward looking. We see the world outside of Russia. We care about democracy. We want the same opportunities as young people in other countries. When the next election comes, it won’t be easy to make me and other people my age to vote for Putin’s system again. We will change it, I think. At least, I hope.