 More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people. |
| The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. |
| I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay. |
| It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. |
| I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. |
| I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. |
| I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore. |
