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.
The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.
There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.
There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible.
There was the scientific and technical progress which couldn't be predicted by the state.
These guys were the real owners of the country, and for them to discuss with this young guy who becomes a member of the government was absolutely unacceptable.
You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.
You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.
You're not always able to choose.
