I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.

You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.

I don't understand small businesses, only big ones. Marriage is the hardest small business.

I think women make the same mistake with me all the time. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.