"That and deep emotions are part of the old Russian character," he says.

The implementation so far has revealed something about the Russian and Chinese characters.

Black humor has long been part of the Russian character, of course.

The extremism which this lends to the Russian character is felt in business, too.

It's a real trait of the Russian character that people live beyond their means.

But, she said, it is the Russian character to swing between extremes.

This was the first glimpse of the Russian character he would then take on full time.

But he has put the complex question of the Russian national character on the table in a politically shrewd way.

But the Russian character is made up of both coldness and warmth.

So a local Moscow culture became an icon of Russian character.