It proved to be a debate twixt Kasparov and a Russ-obsessed E. Coast academic - over the gamut from, the significance of Gorbachev (then and now) to virtually all aspects of Putin, where he's 'going' .. where someone Ought to be going (?)

Kasparov's English is fine. Anyone else catch this?

Alas, one of CR's few ways of making a buck / covering expenses is: transcripts aren't free. Any Chess- or Russophiles might want to note this quick-review of USSR --> after the wall; lots of insightful quips on various matters which US 'press' would rarely spend a sound-bite on.

Gosh, if US pols just had the English-speaking vocabulary of these furriners.
As chess is The war game - what better credentials, all else considered?