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Chess Champion Kasparov Urges West to Stand Up to Putin Mos
News Russian chess star and opposition leader Garry Kasparov urged Western leaders to stand up to President Vladimir Putin saying that inaction would make them accomplices in “crimes to come.” “Time is now for the West to tell Putin that they will not watch quietly anymore. The time is now to tell Putin and his gang that there will be economic and political consequences if they continue to turn Russia into a dictatorship because silence is an agreement,” Kasparov was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. Earlier this month, Kasparov was detained by police as he tried to enter a central square in Moscow where protesters had gathered in defiance of authorities. Police beat dozens with truncheons during the Moscow rally, which was part of a series of so-called Dissenters’ Marches that Kasparov helped organize. Kasparov was later questioned for four hours by investigators with Russia’s main security agency. Commenting on this he suggested law enforcement authorities were being pressed by the Kremlin to find evidence of extremism in his actions and words. “Extremism is now whatever they say it is,” Kasparov said. Addressing to Western leaders Kasparov mentioned former U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy. “Kennedy and Reagan believed democracy was the most powerful force in improving lives around the world and for making the world safe. If they had acted like Bush and the others act today, I would still be playing chess in the Soviet Union,” he said. Kasparov also said that if Western leaders rewarded Putin’s regime, they would share responsibility should matters deteriorate further and if Putin and his followers used “brutal force to preserve their power.” ---------------------------------------------------
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