All Posts Tagged With: "Garry Kasparov"
Kasparov Asks Congress to Sanction Corrupt Russian Officials
Garry Kasparov called on US Congressional leaders to introduce visa restrictions against Russian officials who have committed human rights abuses and to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment.
May 5, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov: Current Regime Will Never Step Down as Result of Elections
Opposition leaders from the Solidarity movement met in Moscow over the weekend to discuss protests, policies, and plans for the future.
Apr 25, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov on ‘Practicality’
Garry Kasparov defends Vladimir Bukovsky’s attempt to call upon Britain to persecute Mikhail Gorbachev for crimes committed while he was president of the Soviet Union.
Apr 11, 2011 | Continued
Posner Fails to Invite Oppositionists on TV
Television host Vladimir Posner promised to invite leading oppositionists onto his show in March, but that deadline is now fully passed and no such invitations have been made.
Apr 6, 2011 | Continued
Biden Meets With Russian Oppositionists & Rights Advocates
Russian human rights activists and opposition figures met with US Vice President Joe Biden to discuss civil rights violations, electoral fraud, and other issues plaguing Russian politics and society.
Mar 11, 2011 | Continued
Latynina: February 1917 is in the Air
Writing for the Moscow Times, Yulia Latynina offers a scathing assessment of “Russia’s extraordinarily weak leaders.”
Mar 2, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov: Russia on a Downward Spiral
Garry Kasparov argues that, with its ever-growing list of Orwellian traits, Russia is moving on a downward spiral with no hope of achieving change from within.
Feb 27, 2011 | Continued
Posner Plans to Interview Nemtsov in March
Russian television host Vladimir Posner says he plans to invite Boris Nemtsov on his show on state-run Channel One in March, along with Valeriya Novodvorskaya and possibly Garry Kasparov.
Feb 24, 2011 | Continued
Pyramid Country in the View of Global Stability
While the media discusses parallels and comparisons between the unrest in Egypt and the political situation in Russia, opposition leader Garry Kasparov proposes that a set of less obvious factors make Egypt’s uprising important to understanding Russia’s reality.
Feb 9, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov: Putin is Mimicking Political Liberalism
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov argues that many of the country’s prominent public figures who purport to be part of the liberal intelligentsia have more in common with the ruling regime than they’d like to admit.
Feb 7, 2011 | Continued