Skryabin

"Gazprom's dividend payout could become a trigger for growth of the Russian stock market," said Dmitry Skryabin, a portfolio manager at Alfa Capital.

He was born Vyacheslav Skryabin, in 1890, grew up in a village, became a Bolshevik, found himself on the right side of every post-revolutionary upheaval, and, in 1930, became the head of the Soviet Cabinet.

The Orange Revolution brought mounting disappointment in politicians and inspired the song “Kynuly,” or We Were Cheated, by Skryabin, one of the top bands in Ukraine.