鈥淚 wake up every day thinking how I can do more to damage Putin鈥檚鈥egime鈥�
A former minister in Vladimir Putin鈥檚 first government says that he wakes up every day thinking about how he can do more to bring down 鈥淰ladimir Putin鈥檚 brutal, dictatorial regime.鈥�
Vladimir Milov served under Vladimir Putin as Russia鈥檚 Deputy Energy Secretary in 2002 but resigned when his plans to modernise the sector were rejected by the president.
He subsequently became involved in Russian opposition politics, aligning himself firstly with the arch Putin critic Boris Nemtsov who was assassinated in 2015. More recently he has worked closely with the opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny who is currently imprisoned in Russia.
Asked by HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen whether he feared for his own safety, Mr Milov said 鈥淎fter all of these cases, after Boris being murdered; Navalny and Kara-Murza being imprisoned and poisoned鈥� I cannot afford myself.鈥�
Mr Milov has been charged in absentia with spreading 鈥渇ake news鈥� on the Navalny Live YouTube channel.
