he has been talking to our moscow correspondent daniel stanford. >> this was him in december emerging from two weeks in prison. confirms that a prominent anti- corruption activist now finds himself becoming a significant political figure in russia. >> corruption is the basis of the political system that mr. vladimir putin founded. if you are involved in corruption, you are also involved in politics. if i could run for election, i would. first we need to achieve honest elections. so that people like me can take part in them. >> how long will it take to get that simple demands, fair elections? >> the transformation of russia into a country where people choose their government in normal free elections will take. a long take but if you can ask me six months ago and you believe that there will be 100,000 people on the streets of moscow, i would have said it can happen one day, although i would of been skeptical that it could happen so quickly. but it happened. that was a big surprise. even for the revolution. >> revolution has become a dirty word. everywhere i go, people say we don't want