This is a fairly sick situation. It’s a devious and sick scheme that the Kremlin has chosen in its fight with me where it doesn’t simply try to put me in jail but tries to drag in more innocent people: [Co-defendant in previous lumber case Pyotr] Ofitserov, with five children. I have to look at his wife in the eye. I believe that a number of people from the Bolotnaya case were imprisoned for nothing, simply to intimidate me and people like me. And now my brother, do you understand. He also has a wife and two children. And I have to now with my parents, well the all understand and they support me and I’m thankful to my family. I have to admit that, yes, they’re trying to ensare me with this, imprisoning innocent people along with me. But—and maybe this is bad—but even taking hostages does not stop me. Life has no point if you put up with unending lies. I will never agree with the system built in this country. It is constructed to rob everyone who is in this room. It is a real junta. I can say that I don’t regret for a second my efforts aimed at fighting corruption. [My lawyer Vadim] Kobzev told me several years ago when we were working on some case—I don’t remember whether it was Gasprom or VTB—he told me something that I remembered, he said: ‘Alexey, they will definitely put you in jail, because you’re bothering them so much they won’t be able to put up with it. Sooner or later they’ll imprison you.’ Again the human mind compensates for this; you can’t live your life thinking, ‘oh they’re going to imprison me.’ You press these thoughts out of your head. I’m aware of this. But I don’t regret one thing and I will continue call on people to participate in collective actions, including realizing their right to free assembly.