"He's a one-man orchestra," said billionaire Vladimir Evtushenkov, a Medvedev ally and former Russneft shareholder who helped end Gutseriev's exile. He said the whole process generated returns of 500 percent.At the age of 30, he said he was earning 1 million rubles a month, making him one of the richest men in the region. Gutseriev said he decided to sell his holdings and move to Moscow after armed men seized his handicrafts factory. He quit parliament in early 2000, just as Putin was coming to power, to run Slavneft, the government's oil venture with Belarus. The billionaire said he left the money, returned the fiddle and strolled on.

Source: Economic Times May 04, 2017 05:26 UTC