Boris Nemtsov: “It would be more appropriate, and more honest, to refer to the group as 'G7 plus Putin.'”

With Vladimir Putin's return to the Presidency in May 2012, Russia's authoritarian regime has transitioned to a new stage of development.

Attempts by some in the West, including in the United States, to adopt a realpolitik approach and to conduct 'business as usual' with the Putin regime contradict the most basic values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

I think that opposition leaders must fight inside the country, not outside.

Critics of the government, critics of Putin, bad things seem to happen to them.