Opposition leader Kasparov sentenced to 5 days in jail
Opposition leader & chess legend Garry Kasparov has been sentenced to 5 days in jail for an unsanctioned rally and refusal to obey police orders.
By Agencies |
MOSCOW: Opposition leader and chess legend Garry Kasparov has been sentenced to five days in jail for an unsanctioned rally and refusal to obey police orders.
Kasparov told reporters that his arrest was "unfounded."
"What happened in court today looks like something unthinkable. Procedure was grossly violated, naturally I will appeal, but there can be no talk of justice anymore," he said in comments broadcast by the Moscow Echo radio on Saturday.
The arrest came during a march in central Moscow by members of The Other Russia coalition led by Kasparov and which brings together radical leftwingers, moderates and liberal reformers opposed to Putin's policies.
Some 2,000 anti-Putin demonstrators held a rally, after which a few hundred marched toward the Central Election Commission office to deliver a petition denouncing the December two parliamentary vote.
Putin's United Russia party is set to win a strong majority in the vote held just three months before presidential elections that are to elect a successor to the Kremlin leader.
Kasparov told reporters that his arrest was "unfounded."
"What happened in court today looks like something unthinkable. Procedure was grossly violated, naturally I will appeal, but there can be no talk of justice anymore," he said in comments broadcast by the Moscow Echo radio on Saturday.
The arrest came during a march in central Moscow by members of The Other Russia coalition led by Kasparov and which brings together radical leftwingers, moderates and liberal reformers opposed to Putin's policies.
Some 2,000 anti-Putin demonstrators held a rally, after which a few hundred marched toward the Central Election Commission office to deliver a petition denouncing the December two parliamentary vote.
Putin's United Russia party is set to win a strong majority in the vote held just three months before presidential elections that are to elect a successor to the Kremlin leader.
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