The Russian authorities included the exiled chess player Gari Kasparov, world champion between 1985 and 2000, on the list of extremists and terrorists. This information appeared on Wednesday (6/3/2024) on the website of Rosfinmonitoring, the Russian financial supervisor.
Born in 1963 in Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union, Gari Kasparov was one of the greatest chess players in history, before becoming a fierce opponent of Putin. In 2013, fearing prosecution, he left Russia and now lives in the United States, from where he continues to denounce the Russian government and its military campaign in Ukraine.
In 2022, Gari Kasparov was designated a “foreign agent” in Russia, a label used against massive opponents, generally journalists and activists, who are subjected to tedious administrative procedures in Russia.
Accusation of Navalny’s death
Two weeks ago, after learning of the death in prison of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, Kasparov did not hesitate to accuse the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, of the same. “Putin is Navalni’s murderer,” he wrote in X.
Last December, Russia declared Boris Akunin, one of the most widely read contemporary writers in Russia, a terrorist and extremist, highly critical of the war in Ukraine.
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