Garry Kasparov joked in regards to the label on X, previously Twitter.
Warsaw, Poland:
Russia’s monetary watchdog added chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov to its record of “terrorists and extremists” on Wednesday.
The 60-year-old former world chess champion has been a longtime opponent of President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly spoken out towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Rosfinmonitoring watchdog is liable for combatting cash laundering and terror financing, and people listed can have their financial institution accounts seized.
It didn’t say why it added Soviet-born Kasparov to the record. The Kremlin usually phrases those that disagree with its offensive “extremist” or “overseas brokers”.
Kasparov joked in regards to the label on X, previously Twitter.
“An honor that claims extra about Putin’s fascist regime than about me,” he wrote.
An honor that claims extra about Putin’s fascist regime than about me. As Goldwater mentioned, extremism within the protection of liberty is not any vice and moderation within the pursuit of justice is not any advantage! However all opposition, or easy decency, should be known as an extremist by the dictatorship. https://t.co/OuN27A9InN
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 6, 2024
Kasparov is broadly thought to be one of many world’s best chess gamers and has lived in the USA for over a decade, the place he has targeted on political activism.
In February final yr he urged the West to maintain up its assist for Kyiv and mentioned Ukraine needed to defeat Moscow as a “pre-condition” for a democratic transition in Russia.
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