In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

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.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

He owe his wife a debt he couldn't hope to pay with any coin save one: open the cage and let the bird fly.

The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.

Kindness is like snow-it beautifies everything it covers.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

First there is the search and rescue phase that is now ending. It is a cruel reality.

Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

You are born to fly, and in dreams you remember the soul has wings.

Many times I have thanked God for a bite of raw dog.

Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue's a stone.