For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing.
Anatoly ChubaisThere is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.
Anatoly ChubaisDuring the Soviet era, private ownership was a crime punishable with up to five years in prison.
Anatoly ChubaisBill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.
Anatoly Chubais