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.