Alcoholism Quote by Ewan McGregor

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever…

— Natalia Vodianova

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in such a…

— Herman Gorter

People do forget there is still a lot of nostalgia in Russia for the Soviet Union.

— Clarissa Ward

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not…

— Fareed Zakaria

Most Russians actually were living much better by the end of the 1990s than by the beginning of the 1990s. Most Russians were no…

— Masha Gessen

You know, Russia today is, what, 200 million people? In land mass, it's probably 50 times the size [of Japan], in natural resources a…

— Michael Bloomberg

I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them…

— Anonymous

Russia became a juicy chunk of the Third World, with immense reserves of cheap labor, a vast treasure of natural resources, and industrial assets…

— Michael Parenti

There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.

— Georgy Zhukov

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that…

— Natalia Vodianova

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were…

— Herman Gorter

The thing I miss about Russia the most is what is called 'black bread.' It's rye bread, and everyone eats it. I slice mine…

— Olesya Rulin