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Karen Myhill-Jones Canadian, teacher "Russia remains an enigma" Serge Ferri French, chef "Some people are very rich and some very poor" Jennifer Davis American, singer "Russians know how to have fun - they do it 10 times better" Feton Miozzi Italian, ballet dancer "No other country in the world can boast such a great ballet"

Tobin Auber British, editor-in-chief "Is Russia ready to match G8 standards?" Anna-Christin Albers German, club owner "Russians are very open people" Dmitry Shagin Russian, artist "I love my country very much and I am not going to leave it" Yoshiko Arakawa Japanese, lecturer "Russia is a very powerful country because of oil"