"That was no American. It was a Russian who was born there by mistake."
— General Nikolai Alexandrovich Zakharov on Frank Castle, The Punisher MAX
President Bartlet: I really don't know from where you guys get the nerve.
Russian Ambassador: From a long, hard winter, Mr. President.
Russian Ambassador: From a long, hard winter, Mr. President.
— President Bartlet and the Russian Ambassador, The West Wing
(in Russian) "You think the cold bothers me?! I WASH MY BALLS IN ICE WATER! THIS IS WARM!!"
— Valery, The Sopranos ("Pine Barrens")
"In my country, I was in jail four years. In my country, this is not prison. This is nothing. I don't need money. I don't need fucking canteen. I don't need you."
— Sergei Malatov on his American imprisonment to Marlo Stanfield, The Wire
"Have you ever been to Kiev?! The Cakemaker of Kiev could whoop all our asses! This is The Butcher!"
— Alec Hardison, Leverage
"The cut was enthusiastically squirting out pints of Fedor's blood, but why should Fedor care? Face bleeding is how you communicate in Russia when the wolves are too noisy to talk over."
Tatiana: In Russia we wake up every morning by plunging into ice-cold rivers. It makes our people healthy! Here, eat!
Sandra: Gruel again? Can't we have pastries for once?
Tatiana: No, we're on a budget! Gruel is why Russian children are so strong!
Sandra: You know, one day I'm going to Google all the stuff you say about Russia.
Tatiana: Ha! In Russia we use Yahoo! Google is for the weak!
Sandra: Gruel again? Can't we have pastries for once?
Tatiana: No, we're on a budget! Gruel is why Russian children are so strong!
Sandra: You know, one day I'm going to Google all the stuff you say about Russia.
Tatiana: Ha! In Russia we use Yahoo! Google is for the weak!
"This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering."
— Boris Shcherbina, Chernobyl
"Your Majesty," says he, "will you give me leave to spend one night in your empty palace?"
"God bless you," says the Tzar, "but you don't know what you are asking. Foolhardy folk enough have tried to spend a night in that palace. They went in merry and boasting, but not one of them came walking out alive in the morning."
"What of that?" says the soldier. "Water won't drown a Russian soldier, and fire won't burn him. I have served God and the Tzar for twenty-five years and am not dead. A single night in that palace won't be end of me."
"God bless you," says the Tzar, "but you don't know what you are asking. Foolhardy folk enough have tried to spend a night in that palace. They went in merry and boasting, but not one of them came walking out alive in the morning."
"What of that?" says the soldier. "Water won't drown a Russian soldier, and fire won't burn him. I have served God and the Tzar for twenty-five years and am not dead. A single night in that palace won't be end of me."
