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...GARRY KASPAROV, former chess champion, on court proceedings after he was sentenced to five days in jail. Kasparov had been arrested after attempting to lead an unauthorized march against Russian President Vladimir Putin...
...been a choreographed farce from beginning to end.' GARRY KASPAROV, former chess champion, on court proceedings after he was sentenced to five days in jail in Moscow. Kasparov had been arrested after attempting to lead an unauthorized march against Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Chess grand master and activist Garry Kasparov with his wife Dasha
...example. Yes, there are Presidents and dictators who can change the world through fiat, but we're more interested in innovators like Monty Jones, the Sierra Leone scientist who has developed a strain of rice that can save African agriculture. Or heroes like the great chess master Garry Kasparov, who is leading a lonely fight for greater democracy in Russia. Or Academy Award--winning actor George Clooney, who has leveraged his celebrity to bring attention to the tragedy in Darfur...
...Kasparov has said a 1985 world championship chess match that was ended unjustly and prematurely "was the beginning of my political career." Kasparov was an underdog in chess politics. Now he's an underdog again, this time in Russian politics. Let's hope he is not playing Russian roulette. Poch Peralta, MANILA...