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Garry Kasparov: Ratings
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Forceful, compelling and knowledgeable are words used to describe a speech by Garry Kasparov. Speaking in English he is the new experience on the speaker's circuit. The subject matter is at your selection and ranges from Strategy, Tactics and Logical Thinking to Politics.
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Unfortunately for Kasparov, his Chinese astrology month sign is Fire Dragon. In Chinese Water combined with Fire equals disaster, and Dog is the enemy of the Dragon. It is no surprise then that Garry ended the day in jail and is to be there for five days.
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Kasparov was detained briefly in April during another anti-Putin protest. Witnesses said he was seized as he tried to lead a small group of demonstrators through lines of police ringing the square. That time, Kasparov was fined $38 for participating in the rally.
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Asked if he thinks he's still protected somewhat by his fame and the fact he's still considered a national hero, Kasparov tells Kroft, "It does help to a certain degree. But it is not an ultimate protection. No one is safe in Putin's Russia."
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In an appeal heard Monday, Kasparov argued that he had followed police orders and was illegally detained. He ... cited contradictory testimony from police officers, who told the court in Saturday's hastily organized trial that they had been ordered before the rally to arrest Kasparov, one of Putin's fiercest critics.
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After the morning flight departed, Kasparov, Limonov and others were still being kept in a waiting room, and their passports had not been returned, Litvinovich said. Limonov is former head of the outlawed National Bolshevik Party.
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