Author Archive
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On cause and effect
Garry Kasparov: The persecution of dissenters and opponents after the Olympics will only accelerate. The news… Read More
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Lesson in Ukrainian
Garry Kasparov: It would do Russia good to learn a lesson from Ukraine. When Putin’s… Read More
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“A New King for a New Era in Chess” | TIME.com
The guard has been changed at the top of the chess world. Last week in… Read More
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Garry Kasparov: A Win For Carlsen In The Upcoming World Championship Match Will Be A Huge Win For The Chess World
I am about to head to India, where I will first speak at theTHiNK conference in… Read More
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Putin’s Pawn: Forget Chess or Checkers – Obama Forfeited
“History is longer than the news cycle or a term of office,” writes the chess champion…. Read More
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“We DO NOT want changes”
With Moscow’s mayoral election now only two weeks away, the topic has come to dominate… Read More
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A Historic Opportunity
The sudden announcement in June of the early Moscow mayoral elections led to a whole… Read More
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Putin Toys With Obama as Syria Burns and Snowden Runs Free
From the Daily Beast: From Snowden to Syria, Russian President Putin does whatever he likes and… Read More
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An Election for Political Prisoners
After abruptly resigning from his appointed post earlier this month, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called for early… Read More
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“We Live Without Feeling the Country Beneath Us”
The Russian economic community was struck last week with the news that New School of… Read More