Russian women are very friendly with makeup, almost too friendly sometimes.

If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

Sometimes I just need to switch off.

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

But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up with no eyebrows and think how stupid you were. Your eyebrows are the most beautiful thing about you.'