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Garry Kasparov heads Other Russia, a party contesting parliamentary elections on December 2.(The Week ...)(Brief article)

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Garry Kasparov heads Other Russia, a party contesting parliamentary elections on December 2. As a chess champion, he must know that he and his party are a small piece on the board. But how courageous! They had permission to hold a rally in Moscow. Police outnumbered demonstrators by something like ten to one. Police then decided that the rally had become a march--surely a fine line to draw--and so arrested Kasparov, and next day at another rally ...

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