I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Gas consumption is growing everywhere.

I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.

It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.