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

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

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

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

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

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.