Anatoly Chubais
Anatoly Chubais
Anatoly Borisovich Chubaisis a Russian politician and businessman who was responsible for privatization in Russia as an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s. During this period, he was a key figure in introducing market economy and the principles of private ownership to Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 June 1955
CountryRussian Federation
cia-agents thieves criminals
40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered.
understanding use demand
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.
country russia able
You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.
russia support way
Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way.
years eras prison
During the Soviet era, private ownership was a crime punishable with up to five years in prison.
government political firsts
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.
energy moscow load
The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.
trying killing private-property
The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.
predicted technical
There was the scientific and technical progress which couldn't be predicted by the state.
among government guys remember
I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures.
absolutely becomes government guys owners
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.
later needed sooner understood
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.
against case criminal led speaking
There were hundreds with a criminal case against me, and not one of them led to a result. And I know why: You're speaking about the soul.
criticized economic guys tried understand wrong
I'm criticized by the guys who tried to understand privatization as the economic process. They were wrong from the very beginning.