#russia

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. ↗

— David Remnick

#bred #brutal #corruption #field #free

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. ↗

— Arthur Rock

#first #generation #immigrant #mother #russia

I am interested in the subject which is Russia. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#i #i am #interested #russia #subject

Think of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#game #grand #life #prize #roulette

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#feared #had #just #languages #manage

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#between #brutal #decadence #difference #our

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#definitely #even #feel #i #i feel

I have a Russian heart. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#i #russian

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#afternoon #background #between #black #breakfast

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#could #easily #had #kept #life