From the very beginning, our goal has been to establish a normal company in the Western sense.

- Pyotr Aven

I do not believe in conspiracy theories.

- Pyotr Aven

The so-called oligarchs have always had less influence than conventional wisdom attributed to them.

- Pyotr Aven

Those who were closest to Yeltsin behaved as if they were running the government.

- Pyotr Aven

We have a lot of people with a Western education who work in Russia and understand the international rules of business and corporate governance.

- Pyotr Aven

Any structure that is part of Alfa Group, whether the Alfa Eco commodities trader or the Perekryostok supermarket chain, is treated by bank officers as an ordinary client without special privileges.

- Pyotr Aven

Why, instead of bringing order - planting a tree, building a house, washing socks or reading a fairytale to a child - does one need to engage in doing nothing, then after a good booze, taking up a club and smashing everything?

- Pyotr Aven