— Why are you so persistently trying to hide your involvement in the creation of Part

— Why are you so persistently trying to hide your involvement in the creation of the Party of Life?
- Well, I’m really not just involved... Among the organizers there are all my friends! For example, Kolya Levichev is my next door neighbor. You know, if I had really hidden it like that, I wouldn’t have sat on the presidium at the party congress at all. — Why then did you always emphasize that you were present at the congress only as a guest? Do you want to create the illusion of a party being created from below, and not from above?
- And it really is created from below! They came to me somewhere in the spring of last year and brought documents. At first I was surprised. What is this strange name - Party of Life? But then I was hooked, and off I went... You know, there is even an organization there that protects domestic animals, dogs...
- Well, as the whole country now knows, you prefer large animals... (Mr. Mironov recently took patronage of a lion at the St. Petersburg Zoo. - Kommersant.)
- Yes, I love predators...
—Are you planning to become the leader of the Party of Life?
“If the time comes when I want to decide which party I want to belong to, then surely the Party of Life will be closest to me.”
— Could it happen that in the next parliamentary elections you will become the head of this party?
- I do not know yet. Let's see.
— The fact that Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the founding congress - you probably lobbied for this?
- No, I didn’t even meet with the president on this topic. I just sent an official application to the administration.
— How can you comment on the rumors that the Party of Life is a political project competing with United Russia?
“I believe that the Party of Life cannot even have any competitors!” They will break through everywhere and will definitely become a mass party!
— How do you feel about the fact that the idea of creating the Party of Life is attributed to “St. Petersburg security officers”?
- Complete nonsense!

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 111/P dated 07/01/2002, page 3

Sergei Mironov: I love predators