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

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

When I'm down on energy, I have these superfoods powders with supergreens, algae, spirulina, and wheat germ extract. Sometimes I have a course of vitamins. For example, in autumn I'm going to start shots of B12 and biotin. For me this is really important because I travel so much. My lifestyle is quite challenging and this is something that supplements me before winter starts, which is a difficult time for your body.

If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.