Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history.

I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia.

Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character.

I would not draw definitive conclusions from that. If we look at South and North Korea, it is pretty hard to believe that we're dealing with the same people. Half of the people are forced to live in a concentration camp; the other have created one of the most dynamic economies in the world.

The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement.

Moscow is simply unwilling to recognize the right of self-determination of nations.