All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.

The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.

The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.

The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things.

A great deal of energy is spent daily on pushing the Russian e-commerce boom along while managing all aspects of growth and development along the way.

The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.

I do not like the idea that a Russian company cannot be successful without Western experience. I think that, at the end of the day, it is a question of bringing benchmarks from other countries. So far, the golden benchmark has been the West.

I can be more cold than people would like me to be.

I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.

Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.