Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
— Works become great that glorify true, eternal values, unite people of all ages, nationalities, and religions, and affirm truth and light, which always take precedence over lies, over the forces of darkness.
Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus
“We’ll be set on fire soon.” Whole. And it will be worse than in Ukraine. I can feel it in my gut. Very serious situation, very serious situation.
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Ella Pamfilova, head of the CEC
– No voting on stumps is provided anywhere, in any region. We made this decision a long time ago, in the last campaign, and we are moving in this direction very consistently.
Kirill Dmitriev , RDIF CEO
— The Sputnik V vaccine has become the most exported drug in the history of Russia.
Varlam Shalamov , writer (to B. L. Pasternak, August 12, 1956)
— It always seemed to me that you are the conscience of our era, what Leo Tolstoy was for his time.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composer (correspondence with N. F. von Meck, August 12, 1877)
“At the present time, when the future of an entire country is at stake and every day many families are orphaned and reduced to begging, it is shameful to plunge headlong into your private petty affairs.
