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
use way get-money
For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing.
cities government joining
I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.
thinking russia way
I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.
team cities government
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.
wall color directors
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.
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.
long fundamentals institutions
Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.
able
You're not always able to choose.
developing initial items leads low number operate
When you have a very low number of items in the economy, it could operate on the initial stage, and it leads to the developing of the economy.
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.
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.
among government guys remember
I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures.
predicted technical
There was the scientific and technical progress which couldn't be predicted by the state.