At the end of the day, it's all about money.
From Garry Kasparov
I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.
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by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.
It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.
Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
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 was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.
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