My life is split in three parts; I don't know the percentage. One could be called "chess" - the Kasparov Chess Foundation, promoting the game, training young players, playing on the internet, sometimes exhibitions. The second area would be "writing" - books, articles, Twitter, Facebook. And then "political activity" - fighting for human rights and democracy, so TV, interviews, speeches.
Garry KasparovThe technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.
Garry KasparovRussian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
Garry KasparovFurthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development.
Garry KasparovIf we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.
Garry KasparovThe growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.
Garry KasparovI am between the Tories and the Lib Dems. I am fiscally conservative. I'm for strong foreign policy, but socially very liberal. I am not religious. That makes me feel uncomfortable with American Republicans. I don't feel at home anywhere, really. Labour under Tony Blair was not something I would associate myself with, but I didn't have a big problem with it. I have to make a choice between fiscal and the role of the state and social freedom.
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