"I’ve never made a secret of my dual citizenship. I did everything legally, with a due observance of law. You remember the 1990’s. I needed a second passport then to be able to move around the world freely and to prevent a waste of time while awaiting foreign entry visas. Our business was developing rapidly then and mobility meant really much for me…" Timchenko: Everything has to be paid for, and acquaintance with top officials as well, tass.ru, 4. August 2014
"I was born in Armenia, in the city of Leninakan. My father was in the military. He was transferred from place to place because of military service. When I was 6 we moved to East Germany. I spent there another six to seven years. Then we moved to Ukraine." Excerpts: Gunvor's Timchenko On His History, Putin and Gunvor, wsj.com, 11. Juni 2008
