Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

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

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

For the whole of Western Europe, I know the business community quite good.

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