I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy.

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.