The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president. — Valentina Matviyenko Copy Share Image
Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player. — Vladislav Tretiak Copy Share Image
It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders. — Alexei Mordashov Copy Share Image
t.A.T.u. did a Russian version of 'All The Things She Said' and it was even better than the English version! — Gwenno Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
There is nothing odder than to apply an analytical device to a synthetic phenomenon: for instance, to write in English about a… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Russian children typically hear racist and ethnic slurs against Caucasus natives at home before hearing it on the streets. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
'Night Watch' itself is a very Russian movie. It's impossible to imagine this kind of movie somewhere else: a movie with a… — Timur Bekmambetov Copy Share Image
A lot of Polish and Russian Jews had this experience: they would emigrate, thinking they were on their way to New York.… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Russian culture is multifaceted and diverse. So if you want to understand, to feel Russia, then of course you need to read… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and… — Yevgeny Yevtushenko Copy Share Image
I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring… — Ralph Boston Copy Share Image
“Books were her refuge. Having set herself to learn the Russian language, she read every Russian book she could find. But French… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
“Her recoil confirmed the disgust Grant felt inside. Who was he kidding, trying to put Vladimir and Andrei behind bars? He was… — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
“ Native Soil There's Nobody simpler than us, or with more pride, or fewer tears. (1922) Our hearts don't wear it as… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“The next forty minutes are a festival of soul eating. I know many immigrant families incorporate their traditional dishes into the Thanksgiving… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“And you, my friends who have been called away, I have been spared to mourn for you and weep, not as a… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“V. R. Lang You are so serious, as if a glacier spoke in your ear or you had to walk through the… — Frank O Hara Copy Share Image
“The Americans with Russian girlfriends--"pillow dictionaries," they called them, aware that these lanky, mysterious women were far better-looking than anyone they'd touched… — Elliott Holt Copy Share Image
“ Серафимы I Резнею кровавой на время насытясь, Устали и слуги, и доблестный витязь И входят под своды обители Божьей, Где теплятся… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
