Peak hour 14.08.1995 (1995)

Guest of the program: Ilya Kolerov, 29 years old.

By education - a physics teacher.

In the 90th year, he rented the first gas station in his life in the city of Krasnogorsk.

Now the company "Kolerov & K" has a capital of $ 230 million and a network of 14 gas stations in Moscow.

In January ' 95, Ilya Kolerov announced that the company would suspend the payment of taxes to the federal budget until the war in Chechnya was completely ended, and called on his fellow entrepreneurs to do the same.

Main topics and issues discussed in the studio:

1. You spoke loudly, perhaps even shockingly, about your attitude to the Chechen war.

Is this your civil position, or do you have your own oil interests in Chechnya?

2. So, you called on businessmen to boycott tax payments.

Have you ever thought about the fact that we always have enough money in the budget for the war, and in fact, teachers, workers and employees will suffer?

3. Many people were also surprised by your appeal to Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Let me remind viewers that you have offered your entire capital - $ 230 million-to restore the economy of Chechnya.

How serious were your suggestions?

3a.

By the way, what was the Prime Minister's reaction?

Are you not afraid to openly name the amount of your capital?

4. Have you found support among entrepreneurs?

How much solidarity do Russian entrepreneurs have with each other in solving economic and political issues?

5. Did they try to take revenge on you for your January tax boycott and for your political activism in general?

6. Can we expect new political statements from you?

Are you going to follow Borovoi and Khakamada into big politics, participate in elections, and lead parties and blocs?

7. To what extent are Russian entrepreneurs able to influence the policy of the state?

Do you believe that one day entrepreneurs will join the government?

8. What, in your opinion, is the attitude of the authorities towards entrepreneurs in general?

9. You voluntarily chose one of the most criminal types of business-and you can't. and they could not avoid getting acquainted with the" mafia " structures.

Many businessmen do not hide that they are forced to share with racketeers.

How did you begin your acquaintance with them and does it continue now?

10. And yet, it is very difficult to defend yourself from bandits with just the word "no".

How and who ensures your safety?

Do you trust private security agencies?

11. Do you have support in law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies?

12. Apparently, not all businessmen can say such a firm "no" to the mafia.

How strong is the penetration and participation of criminal structures in legal business?

13. Who most often and most strongly exerts pressure on entrepreneurs: the state or criminal structures?

14. How easily did you manage to break through the state monopoly on the fuel trade?

15. Are you going to expand your business?

Following the example of large oil companies, organize your own oil production?

16. Imagine that a physics teacher, the same as you once did, wants to open his own business not in the 90th, but in the 95th year.

How much chance does he have of success?

What is necessary for a modern entrepreneur.?

17. By your own admission, you have just taken a vacant niche in the business of private fuel sales.

Are there still any niches for young businessmen?

18. Tell me, are you a typical ("average") Russian businessman?

19. In your life, you were a pure idealist and a calculating practitioner.

Tell me, is the time of the idealists forever gone?

Phone calls to the studio:

1. They say that since August 1, you have reduced the price of gasoline.

Is it true?

Are your prices lower than the state ones?

2. Now it is becoming fashionable - for large banks and other financial and commercial structures - to keep collections of paintings.

Do you already have your own private gallery?

3. If you suddenly go broke-what will you do then?