Алексей Мамонтов: «Во власть идут лузеры»

The host of the "Find the Mammoth" channel spoke with renowned entrepreneur, publicist, and "foreign agent" Dmitry Potapenko about the creation of the currency market, the Moscow Exchange, and what's holding back the Rus-Troika.   Timecodes:   00:00. Start 02:00. Yes, we were classmates with Kostin, Ulyukaev, Potemkin, and Kuzminov. 04:00. After graduating from Moscow State University, I was offered a reconnaissance mission. 06:00. I left university before defending my dissertation and fell into the "bad company" of free spirits. 07:30. In the 1980s, we created the best theater in Moscow. 09:00. The 1990s opened up "oceans" of opportunity for enterprising people. 11:00. In any endeavor, especially in art, you have to leave your heart behind. 15:00. Russia's problem is that its creative energy is increasingly declining. 4:00 PM. The "Rus-troika" is increasingly giving way to other powers. 6:00 PM. My first day working in the market was the day of the coup on August 19, 1991. 9:00 PM. The currency exchange we created quickly became a monopoly. 12:00 PM. The Central Bank has turned our multifaceted banking system into a faceless "pancake." 11:30 PM. Risks are the meaning, soul, and core of the economy and of life itself. 11:30 PM. Losers who have found their place in anything else are entering power. 30:00 PM. Monopoly breeds monsters. 34:00 PM. Our slogan should be "freedom for the creative energy of business." 35:00 PM. The government strives to play every role in our lives, turning it into its own one-man show. 36:00 PM. We lack idea and project generators, our own "jobs" and "musks." 38:00. In our country, power cannot be trained or tamed. 40:00. Power is always and everywhere inherently flawed.