During the Soviet era, private ownership was a crime punishable with up to five years in prison.

You're not always able to choose.

I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls.

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.

The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear.

I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.