What I am trying to figure out in my preface is how Romans could operate without the simple items - maps - that are necessary for running such a huge empire.

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

If we keep an optimistic view about the future, we definitely have to look for our place. Not to be redundant. And that means we have to emphasize what makes us unique.

I'm looking forward to the day when my country is saved - and the current winner becomes a loser.

Donald Trump is a catalyst. People care now in a way they didn't. The American institutions were rusting; now they are being revitalised. Trump is a lightning rod. They are getting engaged and the American liberal media that spent too much time on PC issues can focus on Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.