We’re ashamed of what we are. That’s why we feel that we ha… - Lev Avnerovich Leviev

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We’re ashamed of what we are. That’s why we feel that we have to get rid of the values of our glorious history and run to learn from other, new nations. Don’t I look to you like a man of the world? Don’t I speak to the leading businessmen in the world? And it’s no problem that I’m a Jew, and a proud Jew who wears a skullcap everywhere. That’s my symbol and my identity.

Lev Avnerovich Leviev

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Lev Leviev (born 30 July 1956 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek-born Israeli-British businessman.

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Native Name: Лев Авне́рович Лева́ев

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