“To be drunk in Moscow is like having a relatively common hair color. Can you fault a man for the color of his hair? I think not.”

—  Yurii Andrukhovych , book The Moscoviad

The Moscoviad
Source: The Moscoviad. Yuri Andrukhovych. Spuyten Duyvil, New York City. ISBN1933132523, p. 107

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Бути п'яним у Москві — це все одно, що мати волосся досить поширеного кольору. Хіба можна докоряти людині за колір її волосся? Мабуть, ні.

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