Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov abandons Russia over opposition to PutinBy JC Reporter, February 28, 2014THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINEJewish former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been granted Croatian citizenship following mounting difficulties in pursuing pro-democracy work in his native...
Meeting with President of Russia
Meeting with President of Russia Source: http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/3938 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Indian chess player and World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and Israeli champion and title contender Boris Gelfand. On May 30 Moscow hosted the FIDE World Chess...
Police detain Kasparov’s team members
Police detain would-be anti-Putin protesters20 hours ago MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police thwarted opposition plans for a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in central Moscow on Sunday, detaining a prominent Kremlin critic and more than 30 other government...
Kasparov takes a stance
Taking a Stand: Garry KasparovWednesday, 14 January 2009 Fergal Keane’s interview with Garry Kasparov was broadcast on BBC Radio 4”sTaking a Stand. The programme was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 09.00 GMT on Tuesday, 13 January 2008....
Russia blames the U.S.
Putin Blames Georgia Conflict on USposted:4 HOURS 21 MINUTES AGOfiled under: News Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blames the United States for the conflict in Georgia. In an interview with CNN, Putin says the U.S. encouraged Georgia to attack...
Open letter to Putin
Open Letter to Vladimir PutinAugust 23, 2008 GEORGIA TODAYAugust 22, 2008 Georgia Today provides an open letter of Redjeb Jordania to Vladimer Putin. Son of the President, Noé Jordania, of the first democratic Georgian Republic (1918-1921), Redjeb Jordania was...
Back to Russia?
Topalov vs. Kamsky in Elista?!by GM Mikhail Golubev A Russian language website http://www.elista.org/ cites the main (after Ilyumzhinov) local chess organiser Mr. Bovaev, who said that Topalov vs. Kamsky match could take place in Kalmykia. Elista was proposed as...
Kasparov speaks out
Man of the Year?By GARRY KASPAROVDecember 22, 2007; Page A11 Ever since President Vladimir Putin took office eight long years ago, the political and media leadership of the West have had a full-time job trying to look on the...
The picture of the day
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Putin – “Person of the year”
Time Names Putin ‘Person of the Year’APPosted: 2007-12-19 09:48:57 NEW YORK (Dec. 19) — Time magazine on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 “Person of the Year.”The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin’s “extraordinary...