Quote Originally Posted by starrysky
Для меня латински был пыткой, потому что заучивать эти таблицы окончаний я не могла, а действительно углубиться в язык не было ни времени, ни желания - английского с французским вот так хватало
I would say most English speakers would find Russian more challenging than Latin. As was mentioned already, English has borrowed many words from Latin, so the vocabulary is easier to absorb. The Russian case system is also more elaborate: you have more models to learn. On the other hand, Russian word order is very similar to English, so your knowledge of the cases does not have to be perfect to make sense of what you hear or read. As you would know, with Latin, eventhough there is a preferred word order, the writer often disregards it to make a special point.

Clearly, a lot of the challenge depends on what your native language is. I imagine that the absence of a case system in English (except for pronouns) and of gender distinctions, must be a plus for Russians (and Germans) learning the language.