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Garry Kasparov: President Vladimir Putin
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Kasparov has been a driving force behind the coalition, which has united liberals, leftists and nationalists in opposition to President Vladimir Putin. He received 379 of 498 votes at a national congress held in Moscow by the Other Russia coalition, coalition spokeswoman Lyudmila Mamina told The Associated Press.
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Admitting that he felt tremendous pressure to end his career with a win, Kasparov said he now plans to concentrate on writing and ‘Russian politics’ the way every ‘decent person should do who opposes the dictator Vladimir Putin’. Given the fact that Kasparov established Committee 2008: Free Choice, which is a team of liberals up against Russian President Vladimir Putin, his interest in politics comes as no surprise.
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Kasparov could be intent on concentrating more on politics in Russia. He has emerged as an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and is playing a leading role in the Committee 2008: Free Choice, a group formed by prominent liberal opposition leaders.
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Kasparov said his arrest was intended to ensure that President Vladimir Putin's party holds on to power. Putin is slated to step down next year at the end of his second consecutive term in office.
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Two riot police testified in court that they had been given direct orders before the rally to arrest Kasparov, one of President Vladimir Putin's harshest critics. One of the policemen acknowledged that the two reports he had filed were contradictory.
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