In the yearly days those nouvo riches were too busy. As they finally got their moneys grabbed, they started to look round and discovered emptiness, vacuum inside... It so happened that the whole new generation grew up with this feeling of emptiness. When, say, falling in love, such a person simply doesn't know - how to experience an emotion. And then this question of Life's reason arises. People don't think about it until one day something happens. Then all of a sudden they find that their life is not particularly interesting. First they get bored, then get frightened. Because its frightening for one, after having got everything - houses, cars, stocks and funds, - to discover they haven't a ground to stand on.
Ogonyok interview.. Нина Шацкая. Огонек. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.