But charity is a very complicated thing. Its important to find an area where you can really help and you can feel the results. Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic.

I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy.

The polynomial xn−1 is a force of nature.

Investors have very short memories

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York.