Alexei Mordashov

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.

The steel business is a local business. We do believe in the U.S. economy and would like to have a strong, balanced presence here.

Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of the corporations today.