In 2000, being the head of Gokhran, I expressed my position: I support any policy of ALROSA, which brings the company maximum profit. But given that it is a Russian company, the organization of trade should be arranged so as not to ignore the interests of the Russian lapidary industry. How correctly said V.V. Putin: "Enough to trade only with raw materials, you need to sell high-tech products." But ALROSA should not sell in Russia cheaper than at world prices. First, it must sort the raw materials so that the proposed lots correspond to the interests of large companies (such as Smolensk's Kristall) and the opportunities for medium and small businesses. And sell to our companies at market prices - no one should have advantages, all buyers of rough diamonds should be equal. It is necessary to think about the interests of the country, rather than private companies. ALROSA should not lose a ruble because of the interests of cutters. And if it creates a sales base - in scale and in character such as De Beers in London - it would be useful for the country.

Ararat Evoyan, First Vice-President of the Association of Russian Diamonds Manufacturers:

There is a client policy of ALROSA, coordinated with the antimonopoly committee. In short, I believe that only rough diamonds should be exported, which does not find demand in the domestic market. Today, the level of prices in the domestic and foreign markets has leveled off, and sometimes we pay for stones even more expensive than foreign buyers, which is abnormal.

Evgeny Bychkov, President of the Center for the Development of International Cooperation of Producers and Consumers of Precious Metals, former head of the Roskomdragmet of the Russian Federation:

ALROSA should have a marketing strategy defined, but there is no strategy. Sergei Vybornov said in Antwerp that it is not profitable to develop a cut of Russia, and his deputy spoke quite differently. Personally, I believe that it is necessary to support domestic diamond producers. I am for the development of Russian cutting - we all have for this - both staff and factories. But ALROSA itself should not engage in the production of diamonds.

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