To open a bank at any time is brave, especially in Russia. To have started trading in 1993 aged 23 while still at university, takes something special. Andrey Melnichenko studied physics at Moscow State University before starting up his own bank with four friends.
The bank – MDM – is one of the few Russian institutions with an international profile that is still afloat.
“Strange though it may seem, the impact of the financial crisis was quite positive,” says Melnichenko.
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