In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.

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

Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.

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

In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

There 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.