Russian Chess King Fears for Life
MosNews.com
October 12, 2006
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday he fears for his safety in the wake of the weekend murder of a critical Russian investigative journalist, AFP news agency reports.
"I try to protect myself and my family as much as possible but I am aware that no protection is possible," he said in an interviewed published in daily Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negocios.
"Putin’s regime is seen in the West as a strange democracy, a Russian-style democracy. But in reality it is a police state. And the sooner Putin leaves, the better off the country will be," he added.
Speaking at a business conference in Lisbon late Wednesday, Kasparov said "it would be stupid for someone who is hostile to an authoritarian regime to not be afraid," daily newspaper 24Horas reported.
Kasparov, who was born in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, helped set up Committee 2008, a group dedicated to bringing down Putin and stopping the constitution from being changed so that he can run for a third term.
On Saturday Anna Politkovskaya, one of the last journalists to investigate human rights abuses in Chechnya and openly criticise Putin, was gunned down in what police said was a professional hit.
The murder caused an international outcry and raised fears about freedom of the press in Russia, where at least 42 journalists have been killed since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Aide to Kasparov Badly Beaten in Moscow
MosNews.com
March 21, 2006
Marina Litvinovich, an aide to Russian opposition politician Garry Kasparov and a former head of the electoral headquarters of the liberal SPS party was badly beaten on a Moscow street on Monday evening.
The Gazeta.Ru web-site reports that Litvinovich was hit over the head from behind as she was going out of her office and heading for her car at about 21:15 Moscow time. She collapsed after the very first blow and cannot describe the attackers.
Litvinovich was hospitalized but released from the hospital after about one hour, after doctors diagnosed her with bruising but not concussion.
Litvinovich carried some valuables with her — a notebook computer, some money, car keys and a mobile phone, but nothing was missing after the attack and thus the victim holds it unlikely that the reason behind the incident was attempted robbery. She says the attack may be linked to her work with the victims of the Beslan and Nord-Ost crises.
Litvinovich has not reported the attack to the police.
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October 12, 2006
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday he fears for his safety in the wake of the weekend murder of a critical Russian investigative journalist, AFP news agency reports."I try to protect myself and my family as much as possible but I am aware that no protection is possible," he said in an interviewed published in daily Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negocios.
"Putin’s regime is seen in the West as a strange democracy, a Russian-style democracy. But in reality it is a police state. And the sooner Putin leaves, the better off the country will be," he added.
Speaking at a business conference in Lisbon late Wednesday, Kasparov said "it would be stupid for someone who is hostile to an authoritarian regime to not be afraid," daily newspaper 24Horas reported.
Kasparov, who was born in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, helped set up Committee 2008, a group dedicated to bringing down Putin and stopping the constitution from being changed so that he can run for a third term.
On Saturday Anna Politkovskaya, one of the last journalists to investigate human rights abuses in Chechnya and openly criticise Putin, was gunned down in what police said was a professional hit.
The murder caused an international outcry and raised fears about freedom of the press in Russia, where at least 42 journalists have been killed since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Aide to Kasparov Badly Beaten in Moscow
MosNews.com
March 21, 2006
Marina Litvinovich, an aide to Russian opposition politician Garry Kasparov and a former head of the electoral headquarters of the liberal SPS party was badly beaten on a Moscow street on Monday evening.The Gazeta.Ru web-site reports that Litvinovich was hit over the head from behind as she was going out of her office and heading for her car at about 21:15 Moscow time. She collapsed after the very first blow and cannot describe the attackers.
Litvinovich was hospitalized but released from the hospital after about one hour, after doctors diagnosed her with bruising but not concussion.
Litvinovich carried some valuables with her — a notebook computer, some money, car keys and a mobile phone, but nothing was missing after the attack and thus the victim holds it unlikely that the reason behind the incident was attempted robbery. She says the attack may be linked to her work with the victims of the Beslan and Nord-Ost crises.
Litvinovich has not reported the attack to the police.
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