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I ask myself whether Russia i...

I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back into an authoritarian empire.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Nothing has changed in Russia...

Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands a sacred willingness to make sacrifices from the people.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

I have Mikhail Gorbachev and ...

I have Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to thank that a Russian writer can not only write anything he wants, but also publish it.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Putin likes to quote a senten...

Putin likes to quote a sentence from Czar Alexander III, who said that Russian has only two allies - the army and the navy. As a citizen, this makes me sit up and take notice. This is a concept of self-imposed isolation, a defense strategy that sees Russia surrounded by enemies.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

I am always surprised when I ...

I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then the camera moves to the right. Then comes Kiev, then Moscow and then everything stops. This seems to be the West's view of us - of a wild Russia that begins past Moscow, a place one prefers not to see. This is a big mistake. The West must pay closer attention.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

I'm not a prophet or a teache...

I'm not a prophet or a teacher, I just ask questions. I don't think a writer should be a teacher, but should know how to pose the questions and explain the problems.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Everyone in Russia must awake...

Everyone in Russia must awaken the citizen within himself.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

As a storyteller I was influe...

As a storyteller I was influenced by the Moscow underground, where it was common to be apolitical.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Germans, Frenchmen and Englis...

Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. All other citizens are nothing more than human material with which they can do all kinds of things.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

The citizen lives in each of ...

The citizen lives in each of us. In the days of Brezhnev, Andropov, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, I was constantly trying to suppress the responsible citizen in me. I told myself that I was, after all, an artist.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Orthodox churches, autocracy ...

Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would be overtaken by its past, and our past would be our future.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

The Russian writer Vladimir N...

The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov once said: In a Democracy, portraits of a nation's leader should never exceed the size of a postage stamp. That won't happen so quickly in Russia.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

In Russia no one is surprised...

In Russia no one is surprised when an official accepts a bribe while at the same time portraying the state as some sacred entity to which the bourgeois should pay homage. This all sounds absurd. But for Russians it is completely normal.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

The word "people" is unpleasa...

The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people, enlightened people who live conscious lives and do not simply sit there and vegetate. To love the people you have to be the general secretary of the Communist Party or an absolute dictator.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

The bureaucracy has grown suc...

The bureaucracy has grown such powerful roots in Russia, and corruption is so widespread, that people from opposition have no interest in changing anything.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

My television teaches me that...

My television teaches me that everything was wonderful in the Soviet Union. According to the programs I watch, the KGB and apparatchiks were angels, and the Stalin era was so festive that the heroes of the day must still be celebrated today.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Yes, there was talk that I was...

Yes, there was talk that I was destroying Russian literature. No, I don't destroy it, I renew its blood, let out the old, rotten one, and pour in new one.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

It is impossible to be free fr...

It is impossible to be free from politics even on the toilet.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

I have Mikhail Gorbachev and B...

I have Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to thank that a Russian writer can not only write anything he wants, but also publish it.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

As a storyteller I was influen...

As a storyteller I was influenced by the Moscow underground, where it was common to be apolitical.

Vladimir Sorokin 25 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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