“I will participate in the elections… as a candidate” when the time is right, Navalnaya told the BBC in an interview published on Oct. 21. Navalnaya said that she aims to "bring closer and make change in the country possible" without going into further details, but added that she is not "a magician and does not know the secret" of bringing about immediate change in Russia."If you can't do something big right away, do something small every day, and the more people do that, the sooner it will be time for change," she said.Navalnaya said her return to Moscow is "unfortunately impossible" as long as Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in office.She currently lives abroad and did not attend the funeral of her husband, Alexei, which took place on March 3, in fear of being arrested.In July, a court in Moscow ordered the arrest in absentia of Navalnaya on charges of "participating in an extremist organization.