#russia

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

— David Sarnoff

#between #brutal #decadence #difference #our

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#american policy #correctly #goal #i #partner

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

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#look #our #prospects #relations #russia

Modern Armenia survived only because it was the single province controlled, and protected, by the Russian Empire. The rest of the territory within its historical borders is almost wholly devoid of ethnic Armenians. ↗

— John Shimkus

#armenia #armenians #because #borders #controlled

Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#everybody #feel #never #russia #safe

Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#homosexuality #list #locked #locked up #men