Vladimir Sorokin Quotes

• 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

  Sacrifice, Russia, People

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• As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  País, Niños, Derecho

  "'Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire'". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• 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

  Teacher, Thinking, Problem

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• 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

  Mean, Past, Russia

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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

  Russia, People, Citizens

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• La palabra "pueblo" me resulta desagradable. La frase "pueblo soviético" nos la inculcaron desde niños. Amo a la gente concreta, a la gente ilustrada que vive una vida consciente y no se limita a sentarse y vegetar. Para amar al pueblo hay que ser secretario general del Partido Comunista o un dictador absoluto.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Party, People, Childhood

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• The West should be even more vocal in insisting that the Russians respect human rights.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Rights, West, Should

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• El escritor ruso Vladimir Nabokov dijo una vez: En una democracia, los retratos del líder de una nación nunca deberían superar el tamaño de un sello de correos. Eso no ocurrirá tan rápidamente en Rusia.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, Leader, Democracy

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• The Khodorkovsky case is typical of the "oprichnina" - the system of oppression.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Typical, Oppression, Cases

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Everyone in Russia must awaken the citizen within himself.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, Citizens

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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

  Error, Mudanza, Pasado

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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

  Artist, Trying, Citizens

  "'Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire'". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• Mi televisión me enseña que todo era maravilloso en la Unión Soviética. Según los programas que veo, la KGB y los apparatchiks eran ángeles, y la época de Stalin era tan festiva que los héroes de entonces deben seguir celebrándose hoy en día.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Hero, Angel, Kgb

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• En Rusia uno puede ser lo más puro posible y aun así perderlo todo en un santiamén y acabar en la cárcel.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, Prison, Ends

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• En Rusia, cada vez que te encuentras con un funcionario menor, te hace saber que está por encima de ti y que dependes de él. Se refleja en la mentalidad de superpotencia que alimenta el Kremlin. Un imperio siempre exige sacrificios a su pueblo.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Sacrifice, Russia, People

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• A Putin le gusta citar una frase del zar Alejandro III, que decía que Rusia sólo tiene dos aliados: el ejército y la marina. Como ciudadano, esto me hace sentarme y tomar nota. Se trata de un concepto de aislamiento autoimpuesto, una estrategia de defensa que ve a Rusia rodeada de enemigos.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Army, Two, Russia

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, People, Loyal

  "SPIEGEL Interview with Author Vladimir Sorokin". www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Moscow, Common, Storyteller

  "'Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire'". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• 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

  Russia, Normal, Sound

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• The worst thing that can happen to Russia is indifference in the West - that is, if it were interested in nothing but oil and gas.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, Oil, West

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Tengo que agradecer a Mijaíl Gorbachov y Borís Yeltsin que un escritor ruso no sólo pueda escribir lo que quiera, sino también publicarlo.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Writing, Want, Gorbachev

  "'Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire'". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• En Rusia hay personas especiales a las que se les permite hacer cualquier cosa. Son los sacerdotes sacrificadores del poder. Cualquiera que no pertenezca a este grupo carece de influencia ante el Estado.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Russia, Special People, Groups

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• 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

  Believe, Moving, Russia

  "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 2, 2007.

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• 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

  Powerful, Russia, Roots

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest American models by three five-year plans. It's a nightmare. We are creating a concept of the enemy, just as they did in the Soviet era. This is a giant step backward.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Creating, Russia, Years

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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