The so-called oligarchs have always had less influence than conventional wisdom attributed to them.
Any structure that is part of Alfa Group, whether the Alfa Eco commodities trader or the Perekryostok supermarket chain, is treated by bank officers as an ordinary client without special privileges.
Why, instead of bringing order - planting a tree, building a house, washing socks or reading a fairytale to a child - does one need to engage in doing nothing, then after a good booze, taking up a club and smashing everything?
From the very beginning, our goal has been to establish a normal company in the Western sense.
We have a lot of people with a Western education who work in Russia and understand the international rules of business and corporate governance.
I do not believe in conspiracy theories.
Those who were closest to Yeltsin behaved as if they were running the government.
