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Political activities of Garry Kasparov
After his retirement from chess in 2005, Garry Kasparov — a former World Chess Champion — turned to politics and created the United Civil Front, a social movement with the stated goal of restoring democracy and the rule of law in Russia. A year later, the movement was absorbed by The Other Russia, an opposition coalition to the United Russia party. In 2007, Kasparov entered the 2008 Russian presidential election, and was nominated as the candidate for The Other Russia, but later withdrew his candidacy. Kasparov was named Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation in 2011, serving in this position until 2024. In August 2012, he was beaten and arrested on charges of participating in an unauthorized protest; he was later cleared of these charges. Three months later, he fled Russia, citing fears of political persecution. He continued to be an outspoken critic of the Putin administration from exile, including the Russian annexation of Crimea and Russian invasion of Ukraine, and has been vocal about...
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