Moscow, April 25, 2024 – The city court of Syktyvkar #in Russia has #arrested #in absentia the world #chess #champion and co-founder of the Free Russia Forum (Frf), Garry Kasparovtogether with several other activists, accused of creating a “terrorist community”, of financing “terrorist activities” and having publicly incited terrorism. # Russian and Ukrainian media reported it.
Garry #Kasparov fled Russia #in 2013: he lives #in New York
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The activist was also #arrested Yevgeniya Chirikovathe former executive director of the Russian Solidarity Movement Ivan Tyutrin and the former MP Gennady Gudkov. A criminal case has been opened #in the Komi Republic, according to sources #in the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
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Kasparov is fled Russia #in 2013 and currently lives #in New York. He co-founded the FRF together with activist Ivan Tyutrin #in 2016. The Forum presents itself as an intellectual alternative to the current political regime #in Russia. # Earlier this year #Kasparov was added by Moscow to a list of “terrorists and extremists”.