Garry Kasparov Has Kicked Off His Sochi Campaign With A Blistering Twitter Tirade Against Vladimir Putin PETER FARQUHAR 7:14 AM Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has devoted much of life after chess to criticising the politics and personal...
Kasparov’s relentless challenge to Putin
Sochi Games promote ‘dictatorship’Date: January 31, 2014 – 5:34AM Russian former chess great and fierce Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov says the Sochi Winter Olympics promoted “dictatorship” in the country and called on athletes to protest. Kasparov, in Ghana to...
I am preparing my own legal actions against the police
Putinism Is the Only Religion That Matters 20 August 2012By Garry Kasparov There was shock, if no real surprise, at the verdict against Pussy Riot on Friday. Despite whispers of leniency, I never doubted that a conviction and prison...
5-year-jail term likely
5-year-jail term likely for ex-Russian chess champ Kasparov for biting cop during Pussy Riot protestMoscow, Sun, 19 Aug 2012 ANI Moscow, Aug. 19 (ANI): Russian chess grandmaster-turned-political activist Garry Kasparov could be sentenced for five years in prison after...
Putin to Anand: So we brought this on ourselves!
Russia’s Putin meets chess king Anand for teaUpdated 05:14 a.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012 MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has met with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand over a cup of tea in...
Political chess savvy
Newsmaker: Dvorkovich Will Bring Chess Savvy to New Role 21 May 2012By Howard AmosThe Moscow Times Diminutive economist Arkady Dvorkovich was one of the few officials to publicly criticize Vladimir Putin‘s decision to return to the presidency last September,...
Kasparov Loses Political Chess Match
Kasparov Loses Political Chess MatchFriday, 16 Mar 2012 06:40 PM By Lev Navrozov Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of our time. In 1985, at age 22, Kasparov became the youngest-ever...
Kasparov calling for Putin’s resignation
Chess great Kasparov doesn’t regret leaving gameBy COLLEEN LONGThe Associated Press Monday, May 17, 2010; 10:09 PM NEW YORK — Russian chess luminary Garry Kasparov said Monday that he doesn’t regret trading the game for politics. “I just did...
Meeting with the Chairman
Meeting with the Chairman of the Government of Russia Vladimir PutinThursday, 21 January 2010 11:47 On January 20, the meeting between the Chairman of the Government of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was held...
Kasparov stages guerrilla protest
Chess champion Garry Kasparov stages guerrilla protest at Khodorkovsky trialBy: DOUGLAS BIRCHAssociated Press06/20/09 9:10 PM EDT MOSCOW — Chess master Garry Kasparov staged the latest of his guerrilla hit-and-run protests against the Kremlin on Wednesday, showing up at the...