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.

Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way.

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

You're not always able to choose.

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

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.

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.