Anatoly Chubais Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You're not always able to choose.”

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

“Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia.”

“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.”

“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.”