Vagit Alekperov

I am a normal guy.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.