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.

Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

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

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

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

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.