If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.

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

You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.