Former world chess champion and pro-democracy activist Garry Kasparov grabbed headlines earlier this week when he described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the most dangerous man in the world.”
He made the remark during an interview with Yahoo News, adding that Putin is “a greater threat to the United States than the Islamic State.”
Later, Kasparov explained his characterizations during an interview with the host of VOA’s Press Conference USA, Carol Castiel, in New York.
“It’s a permanent threat,” Kasparov told VOA.
‘Cannot be defeated militarily’
Unlike the current outbreak of Ebola, Syria or even al-Qaida, Kasparov said, those crises can in the end be …read more
Source: Voice of America
