Pyotr Aven Quotes

Russia, Businessman
March 16, 1955

Petr Olegovich Aven (born March 16, 1955) is an International businessman, economist and politician. He heads Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank. He is a member of the Board of Directors at LetterOne Group. L1 Group was established in 2013 to invest in international projects in energy, telecommunications and technology.

Also known as Economist, Politician

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

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- Beginning
I do not believe in conspiracy theories.

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- Believe

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

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- Running
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?

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

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

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- People
- Work
- Business
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.

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