"...Americans are very empathetic, because they know well what a terrorist attack is." What do you remember? "America for me was like a continuation of Karaganda. They met me at the airport and took me into Manhattan. They asked: 'Well, how do you like America? Isn't it striking?' And then I'm almost tossed from my seat by a pothole. I answered: 'The roads are the same as in Karaganda – I feel like I'm still at home'. What astonished me were those same terrible roads in Manhattan that we have. "But in California I had the impression that I was...