Kasparov could face jail for alleged violence at Pussy Riot protest
Europe18.08.2012
Moscow (dpa) – Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov could face up to five years in jail for violence against a law enforcement officer during a protest against the verdict in Russia‘s Pussy Riot trial, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday, citing a law enforcement source.
Police have accused the former world chess champion of having bitten a police officer on the hand when he was arrested while protesting the guilty verdict and sentencing of three members of the punk band in Moscow on Friday.
Kasparov has denied the allegation.
He had been among about 100 Pussy Riot supporters who were arrested outside the Moscow court. Except for one woman, all have since been released.
Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina, and Ekaterina Samuzevich were convicted of hooliganism, incitement to religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison.
They were arrested after a flash mob-style performance in a Moscow cathedral in February, in which they sang “Holy Mother Chase out Putin”.
The case against the women attracted international condemnation, as it was seen as a test of Kremlin tolerance for open dissent.
The court found that intentionally broke the law when they performed a song criticizing relations between President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church in a Moscow cathedral. dpa bvi bve
Author: Benedikt von Imhoff
Source: http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu
Kasparov deserves to spend some time in prison. For the past few years he’s been constantly saying bad things about Russia and the Russians. He’s openly a Russophobe and always praises the West. I’m not surprised that he did bite the policeman. Just look at some his interviews on youtube for us mass media… he looks very psychologically unstable
so. The KGB is at it again! Russia will be a police state until the violence and misinformation propagated by Putin´s henchmen is stopped!
so. The KGB is at it again! Russia will be a police state until the violence and misinformation propagated by Putin´s henchmen is stopped!
Kasparov is also a dictator.. We have to just see the way he ran PCA, GMA and all the short lived groups he found.. Have you EVER seen him give freedom to his seconds.. yesterday he trespassed a police cordon.. Go to youtube where he gets mad at a English arbiter bcoz he came close to the board..Look Putin is not a democracy man; But make no mistake – Kasparov is neither.. Atleast Putin is not a loose cannon.
How about 10 years hard labor prison. That will keep Kasparov shut up. Sad to say but he is a disgrace to human race. He is self absorbed egocentric man. He does not care for people. He is after money and power. He should get 10 years prison sentence.
Man.. even in the chess world Kasparov is so much hated by players and fan alike.. I see more comments against him than for.. I can understand.. Anyday putin is better than kasparov.. I am a chess fan and pro-democracy to core.. But I do not want Russia to be run by Kasparov and his mama – the only other person he trusts in life..He has some serious mental issues.. His mama did not bring him up a well rounded man..He is used to getting what he wanted.. Now he will get what he does not want – jail time.
I am surprised he was not punished yet.
only 5; lets make it 50 for crimes against FIDE..now he make his lawyers to fight for him instead of slapping filibuster cases against FIDE..BTW garry dont slam the prison door hard..
Siberia is the place for Kasparov. Putin is the lawfully elected president and a Russian person deserves a long trip to the burial grounds of their previous ancestors who wanted to change the government. Frank political discussion has never been the Russian way to greatness and Kasparov knows this as any other. And In his journey there, he will have benefits not afforded to other Russians, namely knowing exactly why he is going, not that he just offends the state. And make no mistake about it, biting the hand of a security office is like biting the hand of Vladimir Putin himself, a hand that nurtured and fed us all of these years. And when people see Kasparov in prison, stripped of all the stuff he earned with state help, people will know that the USSR back on the rise and is not some decadent western democracy. As we have seen with the pirate Khodorkovsky, 5 years is the starting sentence, no doubt once set to jail Kasparov will try to bite his guards, ultimately to his great disappointment will only double or triple his sentence. The Kasparov problem, as Putin well knows was caused by the Perestroika, which allowed Kasparov to play internationally and eventually challenge Karpov, the natural national world champion. Kasparov’s deprotation should not be seen as a negative for Chess, as he consolidates power Putin will bring back the mighty soviet chess juggernaut and get the World Championship back to where it belongs. I think even now the Putin chess strength is stronger than Kasparov, which could finally be decided in a correspondence chess match between Kasparov in jail and Putin in the Kremlin. I bet Putin wins 6-0 like Fischer.
I cannot believe that Kasparov would intentionally bite anyone – unless he was being violently assaulted. The disgrace is the return of Totalitarianism to Russia in the form of Vladimir Putin and his thugs.
Thank your stars Garry the Russian Police was kind to you. Any violence against police officer in US.. you will not live to tell your tale..yes that is the procedure, they can use overwhelming force – that is the law.
Kasparov was obviously arrested for no good reason…sad to see no one can have a free voice it seems!
Leave Kasparov alone!
Ur firsts comments seems pretty hard from a point of view of a french (or european no russian people) Kasparov still deserves lots of respect throught the world. Poutine should be down by a strong opponent who have the respect of international communauty. Kasparov is definitly more open.