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I feel that my relationship with Kasparov now is much the same as it had been before the match - good. As for his reaction, well it can't be nice to lose your title after so long, but he was very generous.
Vladimir Kramnik
Good
Relationship
Be Nice
Long
Lose
Before
Nice
Had
He
Feel
Generous
Reaction
Well
Match
Been
His
Very
Same
After
Title
Much
Your
Now
I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.
Vladimir Kramnik
Better
Decision
Job
Made
Group
Incredible
Had
Sure
Did
Bigger
Asked
Choice
Working
Choose
Team
Choosing
Who
Harder
Players
In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.
Vladimir Kramnik
Respect
Emotions
Language
Total
He
Emotive
Suppose
Opposite
His
Very
Board
Body
Body Language
Shows
Garry
My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well.
Vladimir Kramnik
Way
Well
Very
Different
Differently
Playing
Plays
Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.
Vladimir Kramnik
You
Game
Fight
Equality
Losing
Okay
Kind
Could
He
Putting
Like
Without
End
Up
Did
Any
Start
Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction.
Vladimir Kramnik
Me
Game
Try
Path
Down
Once
Though
Direction
Selected
Had
He
Wrong
Wrong Direction
Him
Stick
Match
Hit
Going
Unfortunately
Really
Fortunately
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
Vladimir Kramnik
Game
Personality
Only
He
His
Depth
Who
Express
So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!
Vladimir Kramnik
You
Win
Simple
Important
Scared
Above
Most
Him
Match
Still
Very
Afraid
The Most Important
Want
Many
Things
Start
Basically
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.
Vladimir Kramnik
Alone
You
Creativity
Matter
Beauty
Imagination
Must
Invest
Never
Highest
Highest Level
Development
React
How
Opponent
Still
How Much
Chess
Same
Depends
Create
Much
Your
Level
You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!
Vladimir Kramnik
Future
You
World
Will
Become
Think
Too
Our
Distant
Say
About
Something
Ratings
Know
Also
Sure
Match
However
Very
Close
After
Garry
Number
Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up in a country where it was not possible. There existed even a special article in the penal code of the Soviet Union which punished entrepreneurial activity.
Vladimir Potanin
Country
Become
Punished
Frankly
Possible
Entrepreneurial
Because
Understood
Existed
Up
Article
Soviet
Soviet Union
Where
Grew
Decided
Which
Speaking
Special
Moment
Union
Businessman
Even
Code
Activity
After I met my partner, Mr. Protherow, we decided to start a banking project, and at the same time we started to think already about a business on a bigger scale. At the very beginning we thought more about gaining money, to have a normal life with our families, etc.
Vladimir Potanin
Life
Time
Business
Money
Thought
Partner
Met
Beginning
Think
Our
Project
Scale
About
More
Normal
Normal Life
Very
Families
Same
Same Time
Banking
After
Bigger
Decided
Gaining
Etc
Start
Started
For me, my father was, and still is, a symbol of qualified persons in the Ministry of Foreign Trade under Soviet conditions.
Vladimir Potanin
Me
Father
Ministry
Qualified
Trade
Foreign
Still
Conditions
Soviet
Persons
Symbol
Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought first of all about development, how to grow, and we managed to do this, even with all the difficulties and all the difficult rules that were implemented in Russia at that time.
Vladimir Potanin
Work
Time
Property
Business
Thought
First
Difficult
Difficulties
Starts
Everybody
Our
Rules
About
Russia
Development
Implemented
First Of All
How
Material
Were
Order
Acquiring
Create
Certain
Creating
Even
Grow
Started
The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.
Vladimir Potanin
Maturity
Stage
Strategy
Various
Generally
Development
Toward
Depends
Assets
Level
To create a big company, you need more partners, as it is hard to handle such a project alone. Such projects bring access to the expertise and management resources of the partners, and their connections above all.
Vladimir Potanin
Alone
You
Management
Big
Resources
Project
Projects
Above
More
Partners
Access
Big Company
Handle
Expertise
Create
Hard
Company
Connections
Bring
Need
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
Vladimir Putin
World
Strong
Country
Others
State
Russia
Arena
Returned
Up
Itself
Heed
Stand
Stand Up
Last
Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military.
Vladimir Putin
War
Military
Cold
Cold War
Our
States
Clash
Direct
Civilians
Between
Most
Always
Years
Intense
Soviet
Any
Soviet Union
Confrontation
Certainly
Avoided
Union
Even
United
United States
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
Vladimir Putin
You
Obey
Law
Must
Only
Always
Grab
Place
Your
Special
Special Place
If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms.
Vladimir Putin
Government
Fashion
Me
Speak
Law
Draw
Rules
Syria
Compliance
Russia
Fact
Supplies
Attention
Arms
Calmly
Norms
Any
Legitimate
Your
Full
International
International Law
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.
Vladimir Putin
Law
Other
State
Independent
Security
Security Council
Pretext
Only
Could
Council
Force
Method
Line
Sovereign
Sovereign State
Any
Which
Against
Sanction
Justify
Might
Aggression
Use
Used
International
International Law
Interpreted
The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the first decade of the 21 century confirmed that it was a particularly significant and timely step.
Vladimir Putin
First
Signed
Significant
India
Russia
Step
Between
Developments
Particularly
Partnership
Became
October
Truly
Historic
Timely
Decade
Confirmed
Declaration
Century
Strategic
To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.
Vladimir Putin
Problem
Pay
Way
Possibilities
Solution
Easy
Easy Way
More
Fact
In Fact
Many
Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.
Vladimir Putin
Slightly
Propaganda
Protest
Different
Actions
Different Things
Things
Two
I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.
Vladimir Putin
Corruption
Minimal
Chechnya
Sure
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.
Vladimir Putin
Democracy
People
Power
National
Own
Russian
Russian People
Outside
Self-Government
Traditions
Realisation
Us
Standards
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