55 Quotes by Anatoly Chubais

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

You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.

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.

I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures.

There was the scientific and technical progress which couldn't be predicted by the state.

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them.

I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.

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.

I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls.