| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | Summer camping on banks of Volga River. My grandfather was a professor of Chemistry. His students were studying ecology and researching the new influence on the wildlife during the summer months. I was allowed to participate in this camp despite my age. We fished, sailed to islands, watched wildlife and swam in the Volga. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | My father is a lot like me, however he does not always agree with me about what I should do in my life. He gave me a giant amount of life knowledge, which has made me the man I am. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | Honesty, the ability to live in the real world. The ability to see people and understand their needs. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | Once a raccoon tried to steal my car. I didn't lock the car and found him sitting on the driver's seat in the morning. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | To outer space, in order to explore the unknown. On Earth, pretty much everything is already discovered. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | I would teach them that the world they are living in consists of nothing but human beings. It is only other people that make you successful and your work valuable. |
