When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.