For years, ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been warning of Russian President Vladimir Putin from his exile.
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Dusseldorf For years, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been warning of Russian President Vladimir Putin in lectures, interviews and books from his exile. “It’s pretty tragic to have been right,” he says in an interview with the Handelsblatt.
Kasparov hardly pauses for breath when speaking, because he has a lot to say. In his view, ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder should be treated “as an accomplice to war criminals” if he does not resign from his positions in Russian companies or accept a seat on the supervisory board of the Russian Gazprom group. He accuses the West of having encouraged and strengthened Putin for far too long.
“It is possible to oppose Putin, but every day of delay increases the price,” says the former world chess champion. After his chess career, Kasparov was active in the Russian opposition from 2005. In 2013 he left Russia for exile.
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