I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls.

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

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.

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them.

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

The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.